Automatic thesaurus construction supporting fuzzy retrieval of reusable components
Ernesto Damiani, Mariagrazia Fugini · 1995
Effective access to repositories of reusable: components should rely on retrieval functionalities based also on imprecise queries.This paper presents a fuzzy retrieval model based on keywords describing the functionalities of reusable components.Fuzzy weights are assigned to these keywords automatically.Retrieval is supported by a Thesaurus where a fuzzy synonymia relationship is used to c:ompute adaptability of reusable components to the needs expressed by the user fuzzy query.The adaptability index is ameliorated along time via a quality function reporting feedback on the system usage.