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Q & A: a query formulation assistant.

R B Merz·C Cimino·G O Barnett·D R Blewett·J A Gnassi·R Grundmeier·L Hassan
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Inexperienced users of online medical databases often do not know how to formulate their queries for effective searches. Previous attempts to help them have provided some standard procedures for query formulation, but depend on the user to enter the concepts of a query properly so that the correct search strategy will be formed. Intelligent assistance specific to a particular query often is not given. Several systems do refine the initial strategy based on relevance feedback, but usually do not make an effort to determine how well-formed a query is before actually performing the search. As part of the Interactive Query Workstation (IQW), we have developed an expert system, Questions and Answers (Q&A), that assists in formulating an initial strategy given concepts entered by the user and that determines if the strategy is well-formed, refining it when necessary.

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R B Merz, C Cimino, G O Barnett, D R Blewett, J A Gnassi, R Grundmeier, L Hassan. 1992. Q & A: a query formulation assistant.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1482925/

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