Patent ID: 8762324

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: providing a query expansion system comprising an engine, in communication with a user profile and with a business intelligence platform comprising a data warehouse, a multi-dimensional domain model, and a repository of documents; causing the query expansion system to receive a query posed by a user to the business intelligence platform, the query comprising a measure of the multi-dimensional domain model; causing the engine to determine a co-occurrence value for the query in the data warehouse based upon the repository of documents and a preference in the user profile, wherein determining the co-occurrence value comprises causing a second engine of the query expansion system to receive social/trust network information taking into account a relationship of the user to another entity in a social/trust network from the user profile to determine a collaborative co-occurrence value, wherein determining the collaborative co-occurrence value comprises applying a weight based upon a distance of the another entity from the user in the social/trust network information, wherein the social/trust network information comprises information from an enterprise directory; and causing the query expansion system to display to the user a query result based upon the collaborative co-occurrence value.