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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2021
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Sean Thomas Thatcher, Stone Ridge, VA (US);
Edward Graham Katz, Washington, DC (US);
Charles E. Beller, Baltimore, MD (US);
John A. Riendeau, Madison, WI (US);
Kristen Maria Summers, Takoma Park, MD (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An embodiment for expanding a search query is provided. The embodiment may include receiving a stopping criterion for stopping a search. The embodiment may also include receiving an initial search query. The embodiment may further include submitting the initial search query to an information retrieval system. The embodiment may also include identifying enrichment terms from the retrieved initial set of documents. The embodiment may further include generating a subsequent search query that includes one or more enrichment terms from the retrieved initial set of documents. The embodiment may also include submitting the subsequent search query to the information retrieval system. The embodiment may further include determining whether the stopping criterion is met, and in response to determining the stopping criterion is not met, iterating identifying, generating, submitting steps until the stopping criterion is met.