csp14@seq1.keele.ac.uk (D. March) (05/02/91)
I wonder if anyone can suggest some references on
INTELLIGENT KNOWLEDGE BASED "INDEXING"/RETRIEVAL ?
I am embarking on a six month implementation of such a facility
using PROLOG and ORACLE. The knowledge base to be indexed is a
large library of prolog rules, each rule is associated with an
abstract of its use. At the moment my ideas are a little vague,
and my search for articles disappointing. This aside, and as I see
it, an intelligent (KEYWORD) index (INFO. RETRIEVAL SYSTEM) is a
facility that attempts to extract from a knowledge base something
of interest to a user, the user having supplied say a keyword(s).
The facility can deduce from such a keyword(s) items that the
user requires, even if these items are not explicilty identifiable
from the keyword(s). Intelligence derives from the search strategy
used in attempting to meet the user request. An understanding
of the relationships of keywords to knowledge, and of knowledge to
knowledge, is required, and will ultimately encompass :-
1. PARTIAL MATCHING of keywords used in the retrieval query to
keywords used to identify knowledge in the knowledge base.
(ABBREVIATIONS, SINGULAR/PLURAL.....)
2. Understanding of the SYNONYMS for knowledge base identifiers.
Possibly with degrees of RELEVANCE.
3. Understanding of the knowledge base STRUCTURE/DOMAIN.
SUB/SUPER or SPECIFIC/GENERAL classes. Inheritance.
4. Some form of DICTIONARY and THESAURUS.
Possibly user specific in addition to standard.
5. A LEARNING capability.
6. A DYNAMIC structure.
Well this is basically as far as my understanding of the problem goes.
What I really need are a couple of good references on the subject, and
even some suggestions... any help will be appreciated.
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