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Decision Engine combines the utility of search engines (google), answer engines (answer.com) and forums (answers.yahoo.com, experts exchange) rolled into one easy to use it. The engine queries the major search engines, the top advice/answer sites, blogs and key forums/newsgroups and analyzes the returned results. The end result is a "decision summary" presenting a suggested decision and an explanation of why the decision was made. The engine relies on understanding query normalization and semantic summary of results. This understanding comes from evolving pattern recognition, wordnet like semantics and clustering techniques applied to seperate datasources. Key innovations include query massaging algorithm, results summarizer, fast api/caching solution for web service accesses, query taxonomy, authority ranking algorithm.
I thought of this idea when I was...
Talking to an elderly family friend of mine got me to thinking.... also... years of working at search engines, local search and info retrieval companies observing user behavior showed me how inefficient most search and retrieval systems are at actually serving the users ultimate goal. Also, the growing problem of SEO and useless information is making it near impossible to hunt, peck and evaluate. Lastly, the reliance on older UI implementations to generate click revenue for big search engines hinders the release of more useful search services.
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