TY - GEN
T1 - Utilizing images for assisting cross-language information retrieval on the Web
AU - Hayashi, Yoshihiko
AU - Bora, Savas Ali
AU - Nagata, Masaaki
PY - 2009/12/1
Y1 - 2009/12/1
N2 - In this paper, we discuss the effectiveness of employing visual clues in interactive cross-language information retrieval o assist users in selecting appropriate translation candidates for a query term. Experimental results show that by associating images collected by a Web image search, for each translation candidate, the selection of correct translations was considerably improved (by 29.3%) and the efficiency of the selection was enhanced, i.e., the elapsed time in selection was substantially reduced (by 16.7%) compared to the cases where only back-translated terms were presented. The results suggest that visual items, even if simply collected by a Web image search without any image sense disambiguation, can be superior to verbal information as clues for query term selection in target languages that the user is not familiar with.
AB - In this paper, we discuss the effectiveness of employing visual clues in interactive cross-language information retrieval o assist users in selecting appropriate translation candidates for a query term. Experimental results show that by associating images collected by a Web image search, for each translation candidate, the selection of correct translations was considerably improved (by 29.3%) and the efficiency of the selection was enhanced, i.e., the elapsed time in selection was substantially reduced (by 16.7%) compared to the cases where only back-translated terms were presented. The results suggest that visual items, even if simply collected by a Web image search without any image sense disambiguation, can be superior to verbal information as clues for query term selection in target languages that the user is not familiar with.
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U2 - 10.1109/WI-IAT.2009.240
DO - 10.1109/WI-IAT.2009.240
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84856936937
SN - 9780769538013
T3 - Proceedings - 2009 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology - Workshops, WI-IAT Workshops 2009
SP - 100
EP - 103
BT - Proceedings - 2009 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology - Workshops, WI-IAT Workshops 2009
T2 - 2009 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology - Workshops, WI-IAT Workshops 2009
Y2 - 15 September 2009 through 18 September 2009
ER -