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FERRUCCI DAVID A

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FERRUCCI DAVID A

IBM

Providing answers to questions using logical synthesis of candidate answers

Providing answers to questions including assembling answers from multiple document segments

Providing answers to questions including assembling answers from multiple document segments

Providing answers to questions using logical synthesis of candidate answers

Providing answers to questions using multiple models to score candidate answers

Providing answers to questions using logical synthesis of candidate answers

Method of answering questions and scoring answers using structured knowledge mined from a corpus of data

Utilizing failures in question and answer system responses to enhance the accuracy of question and answer systems

Providing answers to questions using multiple models to score candidate answers

Lexical answer type confidence estimation and application

Method and system for characterizing unknown annotator and its type system with respect to reference annotation types and associated reference taxonomy nodes

Decision-support application and system for medical differential-diagnosis and treatment using a question-answering system

Providing answers to questions using logical synthesis of candidate answers

Decision-support application and system for medical differential-diagnosis and treatment using a question-answering system

Text-based inference chaining

Providing answers to questions including assembling answers from multiple document segments

Providing answers to questions including assembling answers from multiple document segments

Combining different type coercion components for deferred type evaluation

System and method for domain adaptation in question answering

System and method for domain adaptation in question answering

FERRUCCI DAVID A

Predicting lexical answer types in open domain question and answering (QA) systems

Evidence diffusion among candidate answers during question answering

Evidence diffusion among candidate answers during question answering

Error correction using fact repositories

Evidence evaluation system and method based on question answering

Predicting lexical answer types in open domain question and answering (QA) systems

Using ontological information in open domain type coercion

Fact checking using and aiding probabilistic question answering

Fact checking using and aiding probabilistic question answering

BROWN ERIC W

Providing answers to questions using multiple models to score candidate answers

Providing answers to questions using multiple models to score candidate answers

Providing answers to questions using logical synthesis of candidate answers

Providing answers to questions using logical synthesis of candidate answers

Providing answers to questions including assembling answers from multiple document segments

Providing answers to questions including assembling answers from multiple document segments

BOGURAEV BRANIMIR K

Context-based disambiguation of acronyms and abbreviations

Generating secondary questions in an introspective question answering system

Generating secondary questions in an introspective question answering system

Context-based disambiguation of acronyms and abbreviations

BAGCHI SUGATO

System and method for domain adaptation in question answering

Decision-support application and system for problem solving using a question-answering system

User interface for an evidence-based, hypothesis-generating decision support system

FAN JAMES J

Lexical answer type confidence estimation and application

Lexical answer type confidence estimation and application

Scoring candidates using structural information in semi-structured documents for question answering systems

CHU-CARROLL JENNIFER

Providing answers to questions using hypothesis pruning

Providing answers to questions using hypothesis pruning

BARBORAK MICHAEL A

Utilizing failures in question and answer system responses to enhance the accuracy of question and answer systems

Utilizing failures in question and answer system responses to enhance the accuracy of question and answer systems

DUBOUE PABLO A

Providing question and answers with deferred type evaluation using text with limited structure