Malay text document retrieval system using thesaurus approach based on user query / Rapizal Abd. Talib

Information Technology has enabled information to be accessed widely via a computer that is linked to the internet. Due to this type of prevalence and advancement in technology, there is an increase interest in searching Malay document to enable scholars and researchers to access the database online. Conflation methods have been successfully used to identify word variants from English and French databases. Many conflation methods such as stemming method have been applied to Malay document retrieval system. Another way of conflating related terms is with a thesaurus, which lists synonymous terms, and sometimes the relationship between them. This study has evaluated and identified the effectiveness of thesaurus in Malay document retrieval system using translated Quran documents, one set of queries and a list of relevance judgement.