SIGIR
2012
ACM
12 years 1 months ago
2012
ACM
We propose a mathematical framework for query selection as a mechanism for reducing the cost of constructing information retrieval test collections. In particular, our mathematica...
SIGIR
2002
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2002
ACM
Most test collections (like TREC and CLEF) for experimental research in information retrieval apply binary relevance assessments. This paper introduces a four-point relevance scal...
JIIS
2002
13 years 11 months ago
2002
In this paper we propose a model for relevance feedback. Our model combines evidence from user's relevance assessments with algorithms describing how words are used within do...
TOIS
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
In information retrieval research, comparing retrieval approaches requires test collections consisting of documents, user requests and relevance assessments. Obtaining relevance a...
SIGIR
2008
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
2008
ACM
This paper investigates the agreement of relevance assessments between official TREC judgments and those generated from an interactive IR experiment. Results show that 63% of docu...
JASIS
2008
13 years 11 months ago
2008
Research on cross-language information retrieval (CLIR) has typically been restricted to settings using binary relevance assessments. In this paper, we present evaluation results f...
ECIR
2004
Springer
14 years 25 days ago
2004
Springer
We investigate possible assessment trends and inconsistencies within the collected relevance assessments of the INEX'02 test collection in order to provide a critical analysis...
ECIR
2008
Springer
14 years 27 days ago
2008
Springer
IR research has a strong tradition of laboratory evaluation of systems. Such research is based on test collections, pre-defined test topics, and standard evaluation metrics. While ...
INEX
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
2007
Springer
Abstract. In this paper we report an initial comparison of relevance assessments made as part of the INEX 2006 Interactive Track (itrack’06) to those made for the topic assessmen...
INEX
2007
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
2007
Springer
This paper provides an overview of the newly launched Book Search Track at INEX 2007 (BookSearch’07), its participants, tasks, book corpus, test topics and relevance assessments...