Cross Language Information Retrieval for Languages with Scarce Resources
Description:
Our generation has experienced one of the most dramatic changes in how society communicates. Today, we have online information on almost any imaginable topic. However, most of this information is available in only a few dozen languages. In this thesis, I explore the use of parallel texts to enable cross-language information retrieval (CLIR) for languages with scarce resources. To build the parallel text I use the Bible. I evaluate different variables and their impact on the resulting CLIR syste…
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Date:
May 2009
Creator:
Loza, Christian
Partner:
UNT Libraries