@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/sigir/SmithSGC89, author = {Philip J. Smith and Steven J. Shute and Deb Galdes and Mark H. Chignell}, editor = {Nicholas J. Belkin and C. J. van Rijsbergen}, title = {In Search of Knowledge-Based Search Tactics}, booktitle = {SIGIR'89, 12th International Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, June 25-28, 1989, Proceedings}, publisher = {ACM}, year = {1989}, isbn = {0-89791-321-3}, pages = {3-10}, ee = {db/conf/sigir/SmithSGC89.html}, crossref = {DBLP:conf/sigir/89}, bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de} }BibTeX
Knowledge-based search tactics are discussed in terms of their role in the functioning of a semantically-based search system for bibliographic information retrieval. This prototype system, EP-X, actively assists users in defining or refining their topics of interest. It does so by applying search tactics to a knowledge-base describing topics in a particular domain and a database describing the contents of individual documents.
This paper reviews the empirical studies that lead to the two central concepts implemented in EP-X:
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