Towards Optimum Query Segmentation: In Doubt Without.
Matthias Hagen, Martin Potthast, Anna Cornelia Beyer, Benno Stein · 2013
Query segmentation is the problem of identifying compound concepts or phrases in a query. We conduct the first large-scale study of human segmentation behavior, introduce robust accuracy measures, and develop a hybrid algorithmic segmentation approach based on the idea that, in cases of doubt, it is often better to (partially) leave queries without any segmentation. 1.