Recommendation-based Keyword Search over Relational Databases
Abstract
Recently, there has been a burgeoning interest in keyword search in relational
databases owing to its ease of use. Although extensive research has been lately
done within this context, most of this research not only requires a prior access to data
which severely restricts their applicability if this condition is not verified, but also
returns very generic answers. However, providing users with personalized answers
has become more than ever necessary due to the overabundance of data which can
be annoying for the user. The challenge to return personalized and relevant answers
that satisfy users' information needs remains. Inspired by the successful application
of the collaborative filtering technique in recommender systems, we propose a novel
keyword-based approach to provide users with personalized results based on the hypothesis
that only information on the database schema is available.