• A framework for contextual information retrieval from the WWW

      Limbu, DK; Connor, AM; MacDonell, SG (International Society for Computers and Their Applications (ISCA), 2005)
      Search engines are the most commonly used type of tool for finding relevant information on the Internet. However, today’s search engines are far from perfect. Typical search queries are short, often one or two words, and ...
    • Contextual relevance feedback in web information retrieval

      Limbu, DK; Connor, AM; Pears, R; MacDonell, S (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2006)
      In this paper, we present an alternative approach to the problem of contextual relevance feedback in web-based information retrieval. Our approach utilises a rich contextual model that exploits a user's implicit and explicit ...
    • Improving web information retrieval using shared contexts

      Connor, AM; Limbu, DK; MacDonell, SG; Pears, R (Information Sciences and Computer Engineering, 2010)
      The effective utilisation of a user’s context in improving the performance of web search engines is a subject of intense research interest. In particular, much attention has been directed to the enhancement of queries and ...
    • Improving web search using contextual retrieval

      Limbu, DK; Connor, AM; Pears, R; MacDonell, SG (IEEE Computer Society Press, 2009)
      Contextual retrieval is a critical technique for todaypsilas search engines in terms of facilitating queries and returning relevant information. This paper reports on the development and evaluation of a system designed to ...