Cross-language information retrieval: Experiments based on CLEF 2000 corpora

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 75-115

  Savoy, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bilingual information retrieval; Cross language information retrieval; Database merging strategies; Evaluation; French, German, Italian languages

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); SEARCH ENGINES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DOCUMENT COLLECTIONS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 0037213099     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4573(02)00018-3     Document Type: Article

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