Patents Assigned to NEC Research Insititute, Inc.
  • Selective retrieval metasearch engine
    Publication number: 20020165860
    Abstract: A selective retrieval metasearch engine uses relevance estimation and confidence computation to select documents for which additional information is to be obtained. The additional information is used to update relevance estimation for the selected documents. A selective retrieval metasearch engine improves execution time, resource usage, throughput, and/or result quality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2001
    Publication date: November 7, 2002
    Applicant: NEC Research Insititute, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Glover, Stephen R. Lawrence