Research Article

Relevance Feedback and Deep Neural Network-Based Semantic Method for Query Expansion

Table 14

Sample queries and their expansion terms.

Query No.Original queryExpansion termsNo. of RF relevant documents

Q130Price hike of petroleum productsLitre, oil, rs, petrol, prices, increase, crude, rise, minister, fuel17
Q132Barack Obama’s victoryDay, celebration, president, Americans, public, bond, mr, Tuesdays, hindrance, small, democrat, African-American, chanted, elect7
Q139Vanquishing the Somali piratesCoast, strengthen, forces, three, send, seized, holding, tribal, hijacked, Aden, arrest, several, vessel, vessels13
Q150Bill Gates’ philanthropic endeavoursDropped, billions, friends, India, international, hundreds, Melinda, Buffett, corporation, retire, next, foundation4
Q160Iraq War 2003International, likely, took, fees, early, visit, claims, plunged, people, believe, 1991, within, opposition, badly, measures, Maliki4