Application of information theory to que
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Meghabghab, G. ;Bilal, D.
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Article
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1991
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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An optimal questioning strategy (OQS) based on Shannon's information theory is applied to reduce uncertainty and to measure the amount of information contained in reference queries. We adopt Klir & Folgers' (1988) distinction between vagueness and ambiguity as two forms of uncertainty. We classify c