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ICTIR
2009
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Avoiding Bias in Text Clustering Using Constrained K-means and May-Not-Links
Abstract. In this paper we present a new clustering algorithm which ex
M. Eduardo Ares, Javier Parapar, Alvaro Barreiro
ICTIR
2009
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Ranking List Dispersion as a Query Performance Predictor
Abstract. In this paper we introduce a novel approach for query performance prediction based on ranking list scores dispersion. Starting from the hypothesis that different score d...
Joaquín Pérez-Iglesias, Lourdes Arau...
ICTIR
2009
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
"A term is known by the company it keeps": On Selecting a Good Expansion Set in Pseudo-Relevance Feedback
Abstract. It is well known that pseudo-relevance feedback (PRF) improves the retrieval performance of Information Retrieval (IR) systems in general. However, a recent study by Cao ...
Raghavendra Udupa, Abhijit Bhole, Pushpak Bhattach...
ICTIR
2009
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Semi-parametric and Non-parametric Term Weighting for Information Retrieval
Abstract. Most of the previous research on term weighting for information retrieval has focused on developing specialized parametric term weighting functions. Examples include TF.I...
Donald Metzler, Hugo Zaragoza
ICTIR
2009
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Modeling Expected Utility of Multi-session Information Distillation
Abstract. An open challenge in information distillation is the evaluation and optimization of the utility of ranked lists with respect to flexible user interactions over multiple ...
Yiming Yang, Abhimanyu Lad
ICTIR
2009
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
PageRank: Splitting Homogeneous Singular Linear Systems of Index One
Abstract. The PageRank algorithm is used today within web information retrieval to provide a content-neutral ranking metric over web pages. It employs power method iterations to so...
Douglas V. de Jager, Jeremy T. Bradley
ICTIR
2009
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
The Quantum Probability Ranking Principle for Information Retrieval
Abstract. While the Probability Ranking Principle for Information Retrieval provides the basis for formal models, it makes a very strong assumption regarding the dependence between...
Guido Zuccon, Leif Azzopardi, Keith van Rijsbergen
ICTIR
2009
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
What's in a Link? From Document Importance to Topical Relevance
Web information retrieval is best known for its use of the Web’s link structure as a source of evidence. Global link evidence is by nature query-independent, and is therefore no ...
Marijn Koolen, Jaap Kamps
WSOM
2009
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Visualization by Linear Projections as Information Retrieval
Abstract. We apply a recent formalization of visualization as information retrieval to linear projections. We introduce a method that optimizes a linear projection for an informati...
Jaakko Peltonen