Classical retrieval and overlap measures satisfy the requirements for rankings based on a Lorenz curve

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 42, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS, 2006, Pages 106-120

  Egghe, Leo ^a,b   Rousseau, Ronald ^b,c  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^c Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dice coefficient; Gini index; Information retrieval; Jaccard coefficient; Lorenz curves; Overlap studies; Presence absence data; Salton's cosine measure

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DECISION THEORY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SCIENCE;

DICE COEFFICIENT; GINI INDEX; JACCARD COEFFICIENT; LORENTZ CURVES; OVERLAP STUDIES; PRESENCE-ABSENCE DATA; SALTON'S COSINE MEASURE;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 23744495061     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipm.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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