In this paper, we present three approaches to automatic ranking of relevant verb phrases extracted from historical text. These approaches are based on conditional probability, log likelihood ratio, and bagof-words classification respectively. The aim of the ranking in our study is to present verb phrases that have a high probability of describing work at the top of the results list, but the met...

In the area of Music Information Retrieval (MIR), great technical progress has been made since this discipline started to mature in the late 1990s. Yet, despite the almost universal interest in music, technology that helps people find the song they have in their head is not that widely used. There seems to be a mismatch between the assumptions researchers make about the users’ music information...

Introduction Problem 1. Assisting the user in clarifying and analyzing the problem and determining information needs. Problem 2. Knowing how people use and process information. Problem Assembling a package of information that enables group the user to come closer to a solution of his problem. Includes Problems 3-5.

The notion of controlling performance in modern healthcare constitutes a key justification for implementing large IT systems. By examining the relationship between healthcare performance and IS cost we significantly improve our understanding of healthcare delivery profile. In the absence of an appropriate fit between the goals of IS projects and smooth healthcare delivery, this research satisfi...

— In consideration of a previous study for developing a next-generation sensible information display set, this paper proposes a development model of a more realistic type that is applied to user needs through an analysis of technology, trends, and patterns by needs analysis and development case research through a user survey. This is utilized in the creation of ideas and the preparation of a pr...

background: informing plays a prominent role in attracting medical tourists. the enjoyment of proper medical information systems is one of the most important tools for the attraction of medical tourists. iran's ability in designing and implementing information networks has remained largely unknown. the current study aimed to explore information needs for designing a medical tourism website. met...

Organizations turn to technology as a possible solution to improve efficiency and reduce waste in their operating processes. Most of their inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement are hiding in their process level data. This experience paper describes the information needs in a hospital setting and the journey of delivering a business intelligence program that was designed to address th...

Information need is an important factor in question retrieval. This paper proposes a method to diversify the results of question retrieval in term of types of information needs. CogQTaxo, a question hierarchy is leveraged to represent users’ information needs cognitively from three linguistic levels. Based on a prediction model of question types, three factors, i.e., scores of IR model, questio...

Waiting for elective surgery has been causing severe patient dissatisfaction and is becoming a major concern in most countries with publicly funded healthcare systems. While waitlists, which are used to rationalize the balances between healthcare service demand and supply, are almost impossible to avoid currently, healthcare policy makers could try to remove the tension through providing more s...