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In this paper, we describe terms propagation method dealing with focussed XML component retrieval. Focussed XML component retrieval is one of the most important challenge in the XML IR field. The aim of the focussed retrieval approach is to find the most exhaustive and specific element that focus on the user need. These needs can be expressed through content queries composed of simple keyword. Our method provides a natural representation of document, its elements and its content, and allows an automatic selection of a combination of elements that better answers the user’s query. In this paper we show the efficiency of the terms propagation method using a terms weighting formula that takes into account the size of the nodes and the size of the document. Our method has been evaluated on the «Focused» task of INEX 2006 and compared to XFIRM model which is based on relevance propagation method. Evaluations have shown a significant improvement in the retrieval process efficiency.
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Berchiche-Fellag, S., Mezghiche, M. (2014). Searching XML Element Using Terms Propagation Method. In: Andreasen, T., Christiansen, H., Cubero, JC., Raś, Z.W. (eds) Foundations of Intelligent Systems. ISMIS 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8502. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08326-1_40
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