A nonclassical logic for information retrieval cj van rijsbergen the computer journal 29 6, exploring a multidimensional representation of documents and queries. All the standard results can be applied to address problems in ir, such as pseudorelevance feedback, relevance feedback and ostensive retrieval. We introduce information retrieval strategies which are based on automatic hierarchic clustering of documents. Automated information retrieval systems are used to reduce what has been called information overload. The geometry of information retrieval kindle edition by van rijsbergen, c. Karen sparckjones stephen robertson keith van rijsbergen introduction to information retrieval why probabilities in ir. He was educated in holland, indonesia, namibia and australia. In proceedings of the fourteenth bcs information retrieval colloquium lancaster. A survey by ed greengrass university of maryland this is a survey of the state of the art in the dynamic field of information retrieval. Information retrieval and the statistics of large data sets.
Keith van rijsbergen demonstrates how different models of information retrieval ir can be combined in the same framework used to formulate the general principles of quantum mechanics. Text is the most notable example, though voice, images, and video are of interest as well. Keith van rijsbergen, the geometry of information retrieval. Evaluation measures information retrieval wikipedia. The major change in the second edition of this book is the addition of a new chapter on probabilistic retrieval one of the most interesting and active areas of research in information retrieval. Information retrieval and web agents course at johns hopkins. Information storage and retrieval 7 5, 217240, 1971. Evaluation measures for an information retrieval system are used to assess how well the search results satisfied the users query intent. Information retrieval, ir, the science of extracting information from any potential source, can be viewed in a number of ways. He took a degree in mathematics at the university of western australia. Advanced models for the representation and retrieval of information.
In recent years, there have been several attempts to define a logic for information retrieval ir. This chapter has been included because i think this is one of the most interesting and active areas of research in information retrieval. An adaptive technique for contentbased image retrieval. Cite this email this add to favourites print this page.
Pdf keith van rijsbergen, the geometry of information retrieval. Information retrieval resources information on information retrieval ir books, courses, conferences and other resources. To request any book join our telegram channel now by clicking here. Acm special interest group on information retrieval sigir text retrieval conference trec worldwide web consortium w3c online textbook on information retrieval by c. A logic model of information retrieval based on situation theory. Intelligent information retrieval course at depaul. The aim was to provide a rich and uniform representation of information and its semantics with the goal of improving retrieval effectiveness. Books on information retrieval general introduction to information retrieval.
Keith van rijsbergen, the geometry of information retrieval article pdf available in information retrieval 1045. Ebook sciences computer science computer science c. Instead, van rijsbergen uses the mathematical language of quantum mechanics to formulate a new theory for. Experiments with a component theory of probabilistic information retrieval based on single terms as document components. Information retrieval resources stanford nlp group. Proceedings of the association for information science and technology. Frequently bayes theorem is invoked to carry out inferences in ir, but in dr probabilities do not enter into the processing. We have advocated in earlier work that a logical approach should be based on a theory of information. Keith van rijsbergen demonstrates how different models of information retrieval ir can be combined in the same framework used to formulate the general. We discuss the evaluation of retrieval strategies and show, using a subset of the cranfield aeronautics document collection, that clusterbased retrieval strategies can be devised which are as effective as linear associative retrieval strategies and much more efficient.
In this book, the author, one of the leading researchers. The basis of a logical model for ir is the assumption that queries and documents can be represented effectively by logical formulae. Professor, and leader of the information retrieval group, in the department of computing science at the university of glasgow keith van rijsbergen was born in holland in 1943. J download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Keith van rijsbergen freng cornelis joost van rijsbergen born 1943 was a professor of computer science at the university of glasgow, where he founded the glasgow information retrieval group. I view this book as a guide for the next generation of information scientists. In traditional ir systems, matching between each document and. Journal of the association for information science and technology. Of all published articles, the following were the most read within the past 12 months. A nonclassical logic for information retrieval cj van rijsbergen the computer journal 29 6, exploring a multidimensional representation of documents and. This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the geometry of information retrieval. Their combined citations are counted only for the first article. The major change in the second edition of this book is the addition of a new chapter on probabilistic retrieval. The geometry of information retrieval information retrieval, ir, is the science of extracting information from documents.
On the other hand, automatic content analysis is given only a superficial coverage. Another distinction can be made in terms of classifications that are likely to be useful. This book is appropriate for use as a text for a graduatelevel course on information retrieval or database systems, and as a reference for researchers and practitioners in industry. His research has been devoted to information retrieval, covering both theoretical and experimental aspects. The material of this book is aimed at advanced undergraduate information or computer science students, postgraduate library science students, and retfieval workers in the field of ir. In he was inducted as a fellow of the association retrievall computing machinery. The effectiveness of queryspecific hierarchic clustering in information retrieval. Uncertainty and logics contains a collection of exciting papers proposing, developing and implementing logical ir models. Online books pdf introduction to information retrieval see above. Inevitably some ideas have been elaborated at the expense of others. In 1986, van rijsbergen suggested a model of an information retrieval system based on logic. The interactive prp for diversifying document rankings. Van rijsbergen is a fellow of the iee, bcs, acm, and the royal society of edinburgh. After the publication of van rijsbergen 1986, which is reprinted here, a number of researchers took up the challenge to define and develop appropriate logics for information retrieval.
Rossiter introduction if one were to use the term information storage and retrieval in a general sense then one could say that really there are three types of systems. The use of hierarchic clustering in information retrieval. Information retrieval is the science of searching for information in a document, searching for documents themselves, and also searching for the. The material of this book is aimed at advanced undergraduate information or computer science students, postgraduate library science students, and research workers in the field of ir. Keith van rijsbergen, the geometry of information retrieval cambridge. Introduction to information retrieval who are these people. However, traditionally information retrieval typically abbreviated. Preface to the second edition the major change in the second edition of this book is the addition of a new chapter on probabilistic retrieval. You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited. Searches can be based on fulltext or other contentbased indexing.
Information retrieval was held in rochester in 1979, van rijsbergen published a classic book entitled information retrieval, which focused on the probabilistic model in 1983, salton and mcgill published a classic book entitled introduction to modern information retrieval, which focused on the vector model. This book is not yet another conventional book about information retrieval. User information need documents document representation query representation how to match. He is one of the founders of modern information retrieval and the author of the seminal monograph information retrieval and of the textbook the geometry of information retrieval. Instead, van rijsbergen uses the mathematical language of quantum mechanics to formulate a new theory for the foundations of ir measurements. Department of computing science university of glasgow. Information retrieval in an office filing facility and future work in project minstrel. Zuccon g, azzopardi l and van rijsbergen c the interactive prp for diversifying document rankings proceedings of the 34th international acm sigir conference on research and development in information retrieval, 12271228. Information retrieval ir is concerned with providing access to data for which we do not have strong semantic models. Preface this book begins and ends in information retrieval, but travels through a route constructed in an abstract way. Introduction to information retrieval stanford university.
This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Information retrieval ir is the activity of obtaining information system resources that are relevant to an information need from a collection of those resources. The geometry of information retrieval 1, van rijsbergen, c. Information retrieval is the science of searching for information in a document, searching for documents themselves, and also searching for the metadata that.
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