Abstract. We design and validate simulators for generating queries and relevance judgments for retrieval system evaluation. We develop a simulation framework that incorporates exis...
Bouke Huurnink, Katja Hofmann, Maarten de Rijke, M...
The CLEF-IP track was launched in 2009 to investigate IR techniques for patent retrieval. It is part of the CLEF 2009 evaluation campaign. Also, in 2009 we built a system in order ...
Adrian Iftene, Ovidiu Ionescu, George-Razvan Oance...
In this article we propose the concept of relevance criteria profiles, which provide a global view of user behaviour in judging the relevance of retrieved information. We further p...
The study of cartoons, manga, and graphic novels is of growing importance to humanity scholars. Managing cartoons for scholarly use presents two challenges: searching and understan...
Various research papers question and analyze the maturity of the e-government research area and its stance as a scientific discipline. The common conclusion of these papers is the...