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SIGIR
2000
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
On the design and evaluation of a multi-dimensional approach to information retrieval
We present a method of searching text collections that takes advantage of hierarchrical information within documents and integrates searches of structured and unstructured data. W...
M. Catherine McCabe, Jinho Lee, Abdur Chowdhury, D...
ITCC
2002
IEEE
14 years 8 days ago
A Methodology for Collection Selection in Heterogeneous Contexts
In this paper we demonstrate that in an ideal Distributed Information Retrieval environment, taking the ability of each collection server to return relevant documents into account...
Faiza Abbaci, Michel Beigbeder, Jacques Savoy
ICADL
2007
Springer
129views Education» more  ICADL 2007»
14 years 1 months ago
Using Automatic Metadata Extraction to Build a Structured Syllabus Repository
Syllabi are important documents created by instructors for students. Students use syllabi to find information and to prepare for class. Instructors often need to find similar syl...
Xiaoyan Yu, Manas Tungare, Weiguo Fan, Manuel A. P...
SAC
2004
ACM
14 years 23 days ago
The effectiveness of combining information retrieval strategies for European languages
Building an effective Information Retrieval system requires various design choices, ranging from the weighting scheme to the type of morphological normalization. The combination ...
Jaap Kamps, Maarten de Rijke
CIKM
2008
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Retrievability: an evaluation measure for higher order information access tasks
Evaluation in Information Retrieval (IR) has long focused on effectiveness and efficiency. However, new and emerging access tasks now demand alternative evaluation measures which ...
Leif Azzopardi, Vishwa Vinay