An entropy-based interpretation of retrieval status value-based retrieval, and its application to the computation of term and query discrimination value

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 613-627

  Dominich, Sándor ^a   Góth, Júlia ^a   Kiezer, Tamás ^a   Szlávik, Zoltán ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PANNONIA   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENTROPY; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; QUERY LANGUAGES; RESEARCH;

ENTROPY-BASED INTERPRETATION; QUERY DISCRIMINATION VALUE; TERM DISCRIMINATION VALUE (TDV); UNCERTAINTY DECREASING OPERATION (UDO);

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 2342646260     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.20008     Document Type: Article

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