Question classification systems play an important role in question answering systems and
can be used in a wide range of other domains. The goal of question classification is to …

In this paper, we address the problem of answering complex questions formulated by users
in natural language. Since traditional information retrieval systems are not suitable for …

Recent advances in massive information storage and growth of internet have led to
increased necessity of tools such as search engines and QA systems to get meaningful …

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The answer determines the success of a Question-Answering (QA) system. In redundancy-
based QA systems, a common approach is to extract the candidate answers from the …

Design patterns are an established means for building evolvable and maintainable object-
oriented software. However, using them requires the developer's extensive experience. A …

This paper describes the CMU OAQA system evaluated in the BioASQ 3B Question
Answering track. We first present a three-layered architecture, and then describe the …

Question answering (QA) aims at finding exact answers to a user's question from a large
collection of documents. Most QA systems combine information retrieval with extraction …

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