The nDCG measure has proven to be a popular measure of retrieval effectiveness utilizing graded relevance judgments. However, a number of different instantiations of nDCG exist, d...
In recent years, there has been a rapid increase in the size and number of medical image collections. Thus, the development of appropriate methods for medical information retrieval...
Xiaoqian Xu, Dah-Jye Lee, Sameer Antani, L. Rodney...
In this paper, we report results of an investigation into the factors influencing the selection of sponsored links by e-commerce Web searchers. In this research, 56 participants e...
The retrieval of sentences that are relevant to a given information need is a challenging passage retrieval task. In this context, the well-known vocabulary mismatch problem arises...
Online resources of engineering design information are a critical resource for practicing engineers. These online resources often contain references and content associated with te...