Query-biased web page summarisation: a task-oriented evaluation

White, R.W., Jose, J.M. and Ruthven, I.G. (2001) Query-biased web page summarisation: a task-oriented evaluation. In: 24th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, New Orleans, Louisiana, 9-13 September 2001, pp. 412-413. ISBN 1581133316 (doi: 10.1145/383952.384062)

Abstract

We present a system that offers a new way of assessing web document relevance and new approach to the web-based evaluation of such a system. Provisionally named WebDocSum, the system is a query-biased web page summariser that aims to provide an alternative to the short, irrelevant abstracts typical of many web search result lists. Based on an initial evaluation the system appears to be more useful in helping users gauge document relevance than the traditional ranked titles/abstracts approach.

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• Keywords: Design; Experimentation; Languages; Performance
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Jose, Professor Joemon
• Authors: White, R.W., Jose, J.M., and Ruthven, I.G.
• Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• Publisher: ACM Press
• ISBN: 1581133316
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2001 ACM Press
• First Published: First published in proceedings of the 24th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval
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