: Classic IR (information retrieval) is inherently predicated on users searching for information, the socalled "information need". But the need behind a web search is oft...
This paper evaluates the potential impact of explicit phrases on retrieval quality through a case study with the TREC Terabyte benchmark. It compares the performance of user- and s...
Abstract. We implemented a baseline approach to why-question answering based on paragraph retrieval. Our implementation incorporates the QAP ranking algorithm with addition of a nu...
On July 24, 2008 the SIGIR Workshop on Focused Retrieval was held as part of SIGIR in Singapore. Nine paper were presented in three sessions and in a fourth session--joint with th...
In information retrieving applications, mobile agents may have to finish their mission before a deadline. Also, there may be some flexibility for the itinerary definition due to o...