Clustering the results of a search helps the user to overview the information returned. In this
paper, we regard the clustering task as indexing the search results. Here, an index means a …

We have introduced a search engine that can extract opinion sentences relevant to an open-domain
query from Japanese blog pages. The engine identifies opinions based not only on …

Organizing the results of a search facilitates the user in overviewing the information returned.
We regard the clustering task as the tasks of making labels for a list of items and we focus …

Topics mentioned in blogspace are biased towards interesting/funny or entertainment-related
topics compared to articles in the generic web space and there are many personal …

This paper proposes a method for ranking entities (eg products, people, etc.) that uses the
comparative sentences described in text such as reviews, blogs, etc. as an indicator of an …

This paper proposes a highly effective geographic information retrieval method. It assesses
the extent implied by place names in documents and then emphasizes place names that are …

In retrieving information from databases widely distributed in a network, the first thing to do
is to search and find the database where the required information is stored. We call this the …

This paper presents a method for searching the web for sentences expressing opinions. To
retrieve an appropriate number of opinions that users may want to read, declaratively …

Similarity retrieval mechanisms should utilize generalized quadratic form distance functions
as well as the Euclidean distance function since ellipsoid queries parameters may vary with …

Clustering the results of a search helps the user to review the information gathered. In this
article, we regard the clustering task as indexing the search results. Here, an index means a …