16. SIGIR 1993: Pittsburgh, PA, USA

@proceedings{DBLP:conf/sigir/93,
  editor    = {Robert Korfhage and
               Edie M. Rasmussen and
               Peter Willett 0002},
  title     = {Proceedings of the 16th Annual International ACM-SIGIR Conference
               on Research and Development in Information Retrieval. Pittsburgh,
               PA, USA, June 27 - July 1, 1993},
  publisher = {ACM},
  year      = {1993},
  isbn      = {0-89791-605-0},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

Inference Networks

• David Haines, W. Bruce Croft:
  Relevance Feedback and Inference Networks. 2-11
  
• Peter Bruza, Linda C. van der Gaag:
  Efficient Context-Sensitive Plausible Inference for Information Disclosure. 12-21
  
• Kostas Tzeras, Stephan Hartmann:
  Automatic Indexing Based on Bayesian Inference Networks. 22-34
  

TREC Overview

• Donna Harman:
  Overview of the First Text REtrieval Conference. 36-47
  

Full Text Analysis

• Gerard Salton, James Allan, Chris Buckley:
  Approaches to Passage Retrieval in Full Text Information Systems. 49-58
  
• Marti A. Hearst, Christian Plaunt:
  Subtopic Structuring for Full-Length Document Access. 59-68
  
• Chris D. Paice, Paul A. Jones:
  The Identification of Important Concepts in Highly Structured Technical Papers. 69-78
  

Compression & Signature Files

• Abraham Bookstein, Shmuel T. Klein, Timo Raita:
  Is Huffman Coding Dead? 80-87
  
• Gordon Linoff, Craig Stanfill:
  Compression of Indexes with Full Positional Information in Very Large Text Databases. 88-95
  
• Deniz Aktug, Fazli Can:
  Analysis of Multiterm Queries in a Dynamic Signature File Organization. 96-105
  

Association Methods

• S. K. Michael Wong, Y. J. Cai, Yiyu Yao:
  Computation of Term Associations by a Neural Network. 107-115
  
• Rodrigo A. Botafogo:
  Cluster Analysis for Hypertext Systems. 116-125
  
• Douglas R. Cutting, David R. Karger, Jan O. Pedersen:
  Constant Interaction-Time Scatter/Gather Browsing of Very Large Document Collections. 126-134
  

Query Expansion

• Peter G. Anick, Rex A. Flynn:
  Integrating a Dynamic Lexicon with a Dynamic Full-Text Retrieval System. 136-145
  
• Efthimis N. Efthimiadis:
  A User-Centered Evaluation of Ranking Algorithims for Interactive Query Expansion. 146-159
  
• Yonggang Qiu, Hans-Peter Frei:
  Concept Based Query Expansion. 160-169
  

Linguistic Analysis

• Ellen M. Voorhees:
  Using WordNet to Disambiguate Word Senses for Text Retrieval. 171-180
  
• Julian Kupiec:
  MURAX: A Robust Linguistic Approach for Question Answering Using an On-Line Encyclopedia. 181-190
  
• Robert Krovetz:
  Viewing Morphology as an Inference Process. 191-202
  

Structured Text

• Michael Fuller, Eric Mackie, Ron Sacks-Davis, Ross Wilkinson:
  Coherent Answers for a Large Structured Document Collection. 204-213
  
• Pekka Kilpeläinen, Heikki Mannila:
  Retrieval from Hierarchical Texts by Partial Patterns. 214-222
  

Panel on Natural Language Processing for Information Management

• David A. Evans:
  Lessons from the CLARIT Project. 224
  
• Jaime G. Carbonell:
  Lessons from TIPSTER/SHOGUN/JANUS. 225
  
• Sergei Nirenburg:
  Lessons from PANGLOSS. 225
  

Processing for Japanese Text

• Yasushi Ogawa, Ayako Bessho, Masako Hirose:
  Simple Word Strings as Compound Keywords: An Indexing and Ranking Method for Japanese Texts. 227-236
  
• Hideo Fujii, W. Bruce Croft:
  A Comparison of Indexing Techniques for Japanese Text Retrieval. 237-246
  

Interface Issues

• Edward A. Fox, Robert K. France, Eskinder Sahle, Amjad M. Daoud, Ben E. Cline:
  Development of a Modern OPAC: From REVTOLC to MARIAN. 248-259
  
• Daniel E. Rose, Richard Mander, Tim Oren, Dulce B. Ponceleon, Gitta Salomon, Yin Yin Wong:
  Content Awareness in a File System Interface: Implementing the 'Pile' Metaphor for Organizing Information. 260-269
  
• Gert Schmeltz Pedersen:
  A Browser for Bibliographic Information Retrieval, Based on an Application of Lattice Theory. 270-279
  

Mathematical Models

• Yiming Yang, Christopher G. Chute:
  An Application of Least Squares Fit Mapping to Text Information Retrieval. 281-290
  
• Joon Ho Lee, Won Yong Kim, Myoung-Ho Kim, Yoon-Joon Lee:
  On the Evaluation of Boolean Operators in the Extended Boolean Retrieval Framework. 291-297
  
• Carlo Meghini, Fabrizio Sebastiani, Umberto Straccia, Costantino Thanos:
  A Model of Information Retrieval Based on a Terminological Logic. 298-307
  

DBMS/IR Integration

• Norbert Fuhr:
  A Probabilistic Relational Model for the Integration of IR and Databases. 309-317
  
• Peter Schäuble:
  SPIDER: A Multiuser Information Retrieval System for Semistructured and Dynamic Data. 318-327
  

Query Processing and Evaluation

• David A. Hull:
  Using Statistical Testing in the Evaluation of Retrieval Experiments. 329-338
  
• Nicholas J. Belkin, Colleen Cool, W. Bruce Croft, James P. Callan:
  Effect of Multiple Query Representations on Information Retrieval System Performance. 339-346
  
• James P. Callan, W. Bruce Croft:
  An Evaluation of Query Processing Strategies Using the TIPSTER Collection. 347-355
  

Demonstrations

• Edward A. Fox:
  Multiple Access and Retrieval of Information with Annotations (Demo). 357
  
• Edward A. Fox:
  Project Envision (Demo). 357
  
• Gary Marchionini:
  Incremental Interface Design: A Prototype Graphical User Interface for Grateful Med (Demo). 357-358
  
• Pier Giorgio Marchetti, S. Vazzana, R. Panero, Nicholas J. Belkin:
  BRAQUE: An Interface to Support Browsing and Interactive Query Formulation in Information Retrieval Systems (Demo). 358
  
• Bekka Denning, Philip J. Smith:
  ELSA: An Electronic Library Search Assistant (Demo). 358-359
  
• Gene Golovchinsky, Mark H. Chignell:
  Queries-R-Links: Browsing and Retrieval via Interactive Querying (Demo). 359
  
• A. Steven Pollitt, Geoffrey P. Ellis, Martin P. Smith, Mark R. Gregory, Chun Sheng Li:
  A Common Query Interface for Multilingual Document Retrieval from Databases of the European Community Institutions (Demo). 359