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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
May. 01, 2012
Noritaka Adachi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Kurokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kensuke Matsuoka, Chiba, JP;
Yosuke Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
Noritaka Adachi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Kurokawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kensuke Matsuoka, Chiba, JP;
Yosuke Murakami, Kanagawa, JP;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An information retrieval method for retrieving documents relevant to a user's search inquiry from documents stored in the storage device using an arithmetic operation. The method includes receiving from a user a search query including a plurality of keywords, calculating relevance to a plurality of documents on the basis of the plurality of keywords and the influence set for each keyword, and displaying on the display device documents in the order of relevance. The method also includes displaying on the display device the influence set for each keyword, receiving changes to the displayed influence by the user, and recalculating the relevance on the basis of a change to the influence and displaying on the display device documents in the order of relevance.