Question Answering through Transfer Learning on Closed-Domain Educational Websites

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Title

Question Answering through Transfer Learning on Closed-Domain Educational Websites

Subject

NLP;Question Answering; Transfer Learning, Closed Domain;XLM-RoBERTa

Description

Navigating complex educational websites poses challenges for users looking for specific information. This research discusses the problem of efficient information search on closed-domain educational platforms, focusing on the Universitas Indonesia website. Leveraging Natural Language Processing (NLP), we explore the effectiveness of transfer learning models in Closed Domain Question Answering (QA). The performance of three BERT-based models, including IndoBERT, RoBERTa, and XLM-RoBERTa, are compared in transfer and non-transfer learning scenarios. Our result reveals that transfer learning significantly improves QA model performance. The models using a transfer learning scenario showed up to a 4.91\% improvement in the F-1 score against those using a non-transfer learning scenario. XLM-RoBERTa base outperforms all other models, achieving the F-1 score of61.72\%. This study provides valuable insights into Indonesian-language NLP tasks, emphasizing the efficacy of transfer learning in improving closed-domain QA on educational websites. This research advances our understanding of effective information retrieval strategies, with implications for improving user experience and efficiency in accessing information from educational websites.

Creator

Matiin Laugiwa Prawira Putra1*, Evi Yulianti

Source

https://jurnal.iaii.or.id/index.php/RESTI/article/view/6163/1016

Publisher

Computer Science, Facultyof Computer Science, University of Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia

Date

08-02-2025

Contributor

FAJAR BAGUS W

Format

PDF

Language

ENGLISH

Type

TEXT

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Citation

Matiin Laugiwa Prawira Putra1*, Evi Yulianti, “Question Answering through Transfer Learning on Closed-Domain Educational Websites,” Repository Horizon University Indonesia, accessed January 26, 2026, https://repository.horizon.ac.id/items/show/10482.