Aggregated search: A new information retrieval paradigm
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
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An expert search engine aims to assist users with their expertise need - instead of ranking documents, possible candidate experts in an enterprise organisation with relevant expertise are suggested in response to a query. This thesis investigates people search tasks such as expert search, and how persons can be ranked in response to a query, such that those with relevant expertise to the query are ranked first. The expertise areas of the persons are represented by documentary evidence of expertise, known as candidate profiles. The statement of this research work is that people search tasks in general and expert search in particular can be successfully and effectively modelled using a voting paradigm.