Technical issues of cross-language information retrieval: a review

  • Authors:
  • Kazuaki Kishida

  • Affiliations:
  • Faculty of Cultural Information Resources, Surugadai University, 698 Azu, Hanno, Saitama 357-8555, Japan

  • Venue:
  • Information Processing and Management: an International Journal - Special issue: Cross-language information retrieval
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

This paper reviews state-of-the-art techniques and methods for enhancing effectiveness of cross-language information retrieval (CLIR). The following research issues are covered: (1) matching strategies and translation techniques, (2) methods for solving the problem of translation ambiguity, (3) formal models for CLIR such as application of the language model, (4) the pivot language approach, (5) methods for searching multilingual document collection, (6) techniques for combining multiple language resources, etc.