Ranking plays a central role in many Web search and information retrieval applications. Ensemble ranking, sometimes called meta-search, aims to improve the retrieval performance b...
We describe an attempt to use word sense as an alternate text representation within an information retrieval system in order to enhance retrieval effectiveness. A performance comp...
We present a new method for information retrievalusing hidden Markov models (HMMs). We develop a general framework for incorporating multiple word generation mechanisms within the...
Although information retrieval research has always been concerned with improving the effectiveness of search, in some applications, such as information analysis, a more specific ...
Ranking functions are instrumental for the success of an information retrieval (search engine) system. However nearly all existing ranking functions are manually designed based on...
Li Wang, Weiguo Fan, Rui Yang, Wensi Xi, Ming Luo,...