A Survey of Quantum Theory Inspired Approaches to Information Retrieval

Uprety, Sagar; Gkoumas, Dimitrios and Song, Dawei (2020). A Survey of Quantum Theory Inspired Approaches to Information Retrieval. ACM Computing Surveys, 53(5), article no. 98.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3402179

Abstract

Since 2004, researchers have been using the mathematical framework of Quantum Theory (QT) in Information Retrieval (IR). QT offers a generalized probability and logic framework. Such a framework has been shown capable of unifying the representation, ranking and user cognitive aspects of IR, and helpful in developing more dynamic, adaptive and context-aware IR systems. Although Quantum-inspired IR is still a growing area, a wide array of work in different aspects of IR has been done and produced promising results. This paper presents a survey of the research done in this area, aiming to show the landscape of the field and draw a road-map of future directions.

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