Query performance prediction for information retrieval based on covering topic score

Journal of Computer Science and Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 590-601

  Lang, Hao ^a   Wang, Bin ^a   Jones, Gareth ^b   Li, Jin Tao ^a   Ding, Fan ^a   Liu, Yi Xuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Covering topic score; Information search and retrieval; Information storage and retrieval; Query performance prediction

Indexed keywords

BAG-OF-WORDS; COVERING TOPIC SCORE; INFORMATION SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; QUERY PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; QUERY PERFORMANCES; REAL APPLICATIONS; STATE-OF-THE-ART METHODS; TEST COLLECTIONS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION SERVICES; QUERY PROCESSING; SEARCH ENGINES; STATISTICAL METHODS;

FORECASTING;

EID: 49449110570     PISSN: 10009000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11390-008-9155-6     Document Type: Article

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