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Towards Improving Meta-Search through Exploiting an Integrated Search Model

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  • Mohammed Maree

    (Monash University, Sunway Campus, Malaysia)

  • Saadat M. Alhashmi

    (Monash University, Sunway Campus, Malaysia)

  • Mohammed Belkhatir

    (University of Lyon & CNRS, France)

Abstract

Meta-search engines are created to reduce the burden on the user by dispatching queries to multiple search engines in parallel. Decisions on how to rank the returned results are made based on the query's keywords. Although keyword-based search model produces good results, better results can be obtained by integrating semantic and statistical based relatedness measures into this model. Such integration allows the meta-search engine to search by meanings rather than only by literal strings. In this article, we presentMulti-Search+, the next generation ofMulti-Searchgeneral-purpose meta-search engine. The extended version of the system employs additional knowledge represented by multiple domain-specific ontologies to enhance both the query processing and the returned results merging. In addition, new general-purpose search engines are plugged-in to its architecture. Experimental results demonstrate that our integrated search model obtained significant improvement in the quality of the produced search results.

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  • Mohammed Maree & Saadat M. Alhashmi & Mohammed Belkhatir, 2011. "Towards Improving Meta-Search through Exploiting an Integrated Search Model," Journal of Information & Knowledge Management (JIKM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 10(04), pages 379-391.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:jikmxx:v:10:y:2011:i:04:n:s0219649211003073
    DOI: 10.1142/S0219649211003073
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