AAS: Question-Answering System based on Automatically Assembling Relevant Past Answers.

Accession number;99A0263646
Title;AAS: Question-Answering System based on Automatically Assembling Relevant Past Answers.
Author; MATSUMURA NAOHIRO (Osaka Univ., Grad. Sch.) OSAWA YUKIO (Osaka Univ., Grad. Sch.) YACHIDA MASAHIKO (Osaka Univ., Grad. Sch.)
Journal Title;IEIC Technical Report (Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers)
Journal Code:S0532B
ISSN:0913-5685
VOL.98;NO.498(AI98 62-67);PAGE.17-24(1999)
Figure&Table&Reference;FIG.2, TBL.1, REF.8
Pub. Country;Japan
Language;Japanese
Abstract;In dairy lives, we frequently encounter new and queer accidents. It is about such a queer matter that people want to consult acounselor. Previous memory-based systems which answer queries expressed in sentences, e.g., FAQ-finder cannot answer queer questions about these queer things, because they are referred only to past questions from which they find similar questions to the current usr's one and returns the corresponding answers. In this paper, we present an Answer Assembling System, which combines paragraphs in past answers for answering newly asked questions. Empirical results are evaluated by the extent of usr's satisfaction. (author abst.)