Information Retrieval

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This book is an essential reference to cutting-edge issues andfuture directions in information retrieval Information retrieval (IR) can be defined as the process ofrepresenting, managing, searching, retrieving, and presentinginformation. Good IR involves understanding information needs andinterests, developing an effective search technique, system,presentation, distribution and delivery. The increased use of theWeb and wider availability of information in this environment ledto the development of Web search engines. This change has broughtfresh challenges to a wider variety of users' needs, tasks,and types of information. Today, search engines are seen in enterprises, on laptops, inindividual websites, in library catalogues, and elsewhere.Information Retrieval: Searching in the 21stCentury focuses on core concepts, and current trends in thefield. This book focuses on: * Information Retrieval Models * User-centred Evaluation of Information Retrieval Systems * Multimedia Resource Discovery * Image Users' Needs and Searching Behaviour * Web Information Retrieval * Mobile Search * Context and Information Retrieval * Text Categorisation and Genre in Information Retrieval * Semantic Search * The Role of Natural Language Processing in InformationRetrieval: Search for Meaning and Structure * Cross-language Information Retrieval * Performance Issues in Parallel Computing for InformationRetrieval This book is an invaluable reference for graduate students on IRcourses or courses in related disciplines (e.g. computer science,information science, human-computer interaction, and knowledgemanagement), academic and industrial researchers, and industrialpersonnel tracking information search technology developments tounderstand the business implications. Intermediate-advanced levelundergraduate students on IR or related courses will also find thistext insightful. Chapters are supplemented with exercises tostimulate further thinking.

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Ayse Goker

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CAS Communication Technology - Networks Computer Science Electrical & Electronics Engineering Elektrotechnik u. Elektronik Forschung Informatik Information Technologies Informationsbeschaffung Informationssuche Informationstechnologie Kommunikationsnetze Networking Netzwerk Netzwerke

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"I would recommend Information Retrieval to readers whoalready have a base of knowledge on core IR concepts." (Inf Retrieval, 9 December 2010)"The authors have definitely met the challenge of providing acomprehensive volume of factual knowledge on IR fundamentals. Ihighly recommend the book to those in both academia and industry."(Computing Reviews, 9 May 2011)
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