There is a high demand for systems that can return a precise answer to a user's query and
avoid the thousands of links returned by traditional search engines. Finding answers to …

This paper presents a multi-layered Question Answering (QA) architecture suitable for
enhancing current QA capabilities with the possibility of processing complex questions. That …

This paper presents a multilayered architecture that enhances the capabilities of current QA
systems and allows different types of complex questions or queries to be processed. The …

One can only exploit inference in Question-Answering (QA) and assess its contribution
systematically, if one knows what inference is contributing to. Thus we identify a set of tasks …

The shortcomings of traditional Information Retrieval are most evident when users require
exact information rather than relevant documents. This practical need is pushing the …

This paper presents the evaluation of a QA system for the treatment of complex temporal
questions. The system was implemented in a multilayered architecture where complex …

In recent years, the information overload caused by the new media has made the
shortcomings of traditional Information Retrieval increasingly evident. Practical needs of …

A question answering system answers questions using natural language processing, a
database, or a document set and returns an accurate answer to the user's question. A large …

As most of the electronic information available nowadays on the web is stored as text,
develo** Question Answering systems (QAS) has been the focus of many individual …

When evaluating and comparing Answer Extraction and Question Answering systems one
can distinguish between scenarios for different information needs such as the “Fact Finding” …