Computer Science – Information Retrieval
Scientific paper
2008-02-12
Proceedings of Quantum Interaction Symposium 2008
Computer Science
Information Retrieval
4 pages, 3 figures, Quantum Interaction Symposium 2008
Scientific paper
The problem of representing text documents within an Information Retrieval system is formulated as an analogy to the problem of representing the quantum states of a physical system. Lexical measurements of text are proposed as a way of representing documents which are akin to physical measurements on quantum states. Consequently, the representation of the text is only known after measurements have been made, and because the process of measuring may destroy parts of the text, the document is characterised through erasure. The mathematical foundations of such a quantum representation of text are provided in this position paper as a starting point for indexing and retrieval within a ``quantum like'' Information Retrieval system.
Azzopardi Leif
Huertas-Rosero Álvaro Francisco
van Rijsbergen C. J.
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