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Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 28, 2015
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Billy W. Chang, Rockville, MD (US);

Sarbajit K. Rakshit, Kolkata, IN;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30864 (2013.01); G06F 17/3064 (2013.01); G06F 17/3097 (2013.01); G06F 17/30392 (2013.01); G06F 17/30507 (2013.01); G06F 17/30867 (2013.01);
Abstract

A computer performs a search. The computer receives a search request including a search term, and determines a plurality of association rules that are each a logical implication that the appearance of the search term follows from the appearance, in a corpus of data, of at least one keyword. The computer generates a search matrix having a plurality of cells, and having axes labeled with a plurality of keywords, wherein at least one cell of the search matrix is associated with an association rule of the plurality of association rules. Based on a cell selection of the search matrix, the computer generates an augmented search string including the search term and at least one keyword of the plurality of association rules.


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