Intelligent interface for web information retrieval with document understanding

Abstract

Web Based Information Retrieval (WBIR) is becoming an integral part of the daily activities of computer users. In the present computing world, people are highly accustomed to the use of web for acquiring any kind of information. However, retrieval of useful documents with high degree of relevance is an important problem. There is a need of an intelligent interface for WBIR to alleviate efforts of information seekers. In this paper, an intelligent interface for web based information retrieval with document understanding is proposed. The aim of intelligent interface for WBIR is to control the underlying information retrieval system, by directly interacting with the user, and allowing him to retrieve relevant information without the help of human intermediary. The interface helps users to formulate query by using Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques. Also, it is capable of retrieving documents with respect to order of relevance. © 2014 Springer International Publishing.