Most information retrieval settings, such as web search, are typically precision-oriented, i.e. they focus on retrieving a small number of highly relevant documents. However, in sp...
We propose a simple method for converting many standard measures of retrieval performance into metasearch algorithms. Our focus is both on the analysis of retrieval measures thems...
The performance of a Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) system presented in the form of Precision-Recall or PrecisionScope graphs offers an incomplete overview of the system und...
Nicu Sebe, Dionysius P. Huijsmans, Qi Tian, Theo G...
Interleaving experiments are an attractive methodology for evaluating retrieval functions through implicit feedback. Designed as a blind and unbiased test for eliciting a preferen...
Yisong Yue, Yue Gao, Olivier Chapelle, Ya Zhang, T...
A Private Information Retrieval (PIR) protocol allows a user to retrieve a data item of its choice from a database, such that the servers storing the database do not gain informat...