Rank-stability and rank-similarity of link-based Web ranking algorithms in authority-connected graphs

Information Retrieval

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 245-264

  Lempel, R ^a   Moran, S ^b  

^a IBM HAIFA RESEARCH LAB   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Citation; Link analysis; Web IR

Indexed keywords

EID: 17144368785     PISSN: 13864564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10791-005-5661-0     Document Type: Article

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