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Prism : an answer projection system

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Wu, Lynn, 1981-
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
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Boris Katz.
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Abstract
Prism is an answer projection system that combines the best attributes of traditional and Web-based question answering systems. Traditional question answering systems retrieve answers with pinpoint accuracy but limited coverage, using a small and reliable data source, while Web-based systems retrieve answers with broad coverage but limited accuracy, using a large but noisy data source. By taking advantage of the strengths of each system, an answer projection system can answer as many questions as a Web-based system while still being as accurate as a traditional system. In fact, Prism improves the performance of a traditional question answering system by 25%. It improves the accuracy of answers retrieved from the World Wide Web by 10%, and more importantly, it verifies answers retrieved from the Web by providing reliable supporting documents. By combining Prism with traditional and Web-based systems, we obtain a question answering system with high accuracy and broad coverage.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2003.
 
MIT Institute Archives copy: p. 29-56 bound in reverse order.
 
Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-56).
 
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2003
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/18021
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Keywords
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.

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