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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Prakhar Biyani, State College, PA (US);
Debapriyo Majumdar, Bangalore, IN;
Singh Amit Kumar Rambachan, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
Karthik Visweswariah, Bangalore, IN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods and arrangements for handling queries for a discussion thread. A contemplated method includes: receiving a query; automatically classifying the query as subjective, objective or neither; and upon classifying the query as subjective or objective: calculating, for discussion threads of the query, at least one of: a subjectivity score and an objectivity score; determining a degree of relevance to the query of at least one of: the discussion threads, and at least one post in the at least one discussion thread; and ranking the discussion threads based on said calculating and determining. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.