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Sciences of information and communication. Documentation
FRANCIS
Accession Number:
edscal.4169384
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PASCAL Archive
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Research on the use of online catalogs reveals that information retrieval by subject is the most common form, but the least successful. Most problems are attributed to users'search terms, which are either too broad or too specific. We present an Intelligent Negotiating Neural Network (INN) design model for solving this aspect of online catalogs. The network is designed to act as an electronic information specialist capable of learning to negotiate a patron's query and translate it into a true, well formulated statement prior to accessing an online catalog. The network's architecture includes four dimensions: conceptual graphs for queries, inheritance and recognition, knowledge base, and modules. The architecture corresponds to four elements of th etraditional query negociation interview performed by information specialists. These are: query/concept; type of sources:answer-providing tools; types of literature; and time frame. Three different sessions of the user interface are presented: negociation of a narrowly stated query; and negociation of a query for which concepts are nonexistent in the knowledge base.