Usage data in web search: Benefits and limitations

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 7338 LNCS, Issue , 2012, Pages 495-506

  Baeza Yates, Ricardo ^a   Maarek, Yoelle ^b  

^a YAHOO RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b YAHOO RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

large scale data mining; long tail; personalization; privacy; usage data; Web search; wisdom of crowds

Indexed keywords

LARGE SCALE DATA; LONG TAIL; PERSONALIZATIONS; USAGE DATA; WEB SEARCHES; WISDOM OF CROWDS;

DATA PRIVACY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; SEARCH ENGINES;

WEBSITES;

EID: 84863460323     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-31235-9_33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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