Searching very large collections can be costly in both computation and storage. To reduce this cost, recent research has focused on reducing the size (pruning) of the inverted ind...
The aim of this study is to investigate whether element retrieval (as opposed to full-text retrieval) is meaningful and useful for searchers when carrying out information-seeking ...
Usability is a multi-dimensional characteristic of a computer system. This paper focuses on usability as a measurement of interaction between the user and the system. The research ...
Abstract. This paper describes the design of the first large-scale IR test collection built for the Czech language. The creation of this collection also happens to be very challen...
Pavel Ircing, Pavel Pecina, Douglas W. Oard, Jianq...
Research on relevance feedback (RFB) in information retrieval (IR) has given mixed results. Success in RFB seems to depend on the searcher's willingness to provide feedback a...