Introductory review to quantum information retrieval
It addresses the potential for quantum methods in information retrieval, but is incremental as it is a review paper.
This paper provides an introductory review on applying quantum theory formalism to information retrieval, aiming to stimulate research in this area without presenting a complete state-of-the-art overview.
Recently people started to understand that applications of the mathematical formalism of quantum theory are not reduced to physics. Nowadays, this formalism is widely used outside of quantum physics, in particular, in cognition, psychology, decision making, information processing, especially information retrieval. The latter is very promising. The aim of this brief introductory review is to stimulate research in this exciting area of information science. This paper is not aimed to present a complete review on the state of art in quantum information retrieval.