TY  - SER
AU  - Wong, Shik Kam Michael
AU  - Yao, Yiyu Y.
TI  - On modeling information retrieval with probabilistic inference
KW  - INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
KW  - ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
N1  - This article examines and extends the logical models of information retrieval in the context of probability theory. The fundamental notions of term weights and relevance are given probabilistic interpretations. A unified framework is developed for modeling the retrieval process with probabilistic inference. This new approach provides a common conceptual and mathematical basis for many retrieval models, such as the Boolean, fuzzy set, vector space, and conventional probabilistic models
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