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Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 13, 2017
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Christopher S. Alkov, Austin, TX (US);

Suzanne L. Estrada, Boca Raton, FL (US);

Peter F. Haggar, Raleigh, NC (US);

Kevin B. Haverlock, Cary, NC (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06N 99/00 (2010.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01); G06Q 50/26 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30707 (2013.01); G06F 17/30539 (2013.01); G06F 17/30654 (2013.01); G06N 99/005 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0251 (2013.01); H04L 51/046 (2013.01); G06Q 50/265 (2013.01);
Abstract

Mechanisms are provided for performing an operation based on an identification of similar lines of questioning by input question sources. Question information identifying extracted features of an input question and a first source of the input question is obtained. A clustering operation is performed to cluster the input question with one or more other questions of a cluster based on a similarity of the extracted features of the input question to features of the one or more other questions. An operation is performed based on results of the clustering of the input question with the one or more other questions.


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