Ebook: Information Retrieval Architecture and Algorithms
Author: Gerald Kowalski (auth.)
- Tags: Information Storage and Retrieval, Data Storage Representation
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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This text presents a theoretical and practical examination of the latest developments in Information Retrieval and their application to existing systems. By starting with a functional discussion of what is needed for an information system, the reader can grasp the scope of information retrieval problems and discover the tools to resolve them. The book takes a system approach to explore every functional processing step in a system from ingest of an item to be indexed to displaying results, showing how implementation decisions add to the information retrieval goal, and thus providing the user with the needed outcome, while minimizing their resources to obtain those results.
The text stresses the current migration of information retrieval from just textual to multimedia, expounding upon multimedia search, retrieval and display, as well as classic and new textual techniques. It also introduces developments in hardware, and more importantly, search architectures, such as those introduced by Google, in order to approach scalability issues.
About this textbook:
- A first course text for advanced level courses, providing a survey of information retrieval system theory and architecture, complete with challenging exercises
- Approaches information retrieval from a practical systems view in order for the reader to grasp both scope and solutions
- Features what is achievable using existing technologies and investigates what deficiencies warrant additional exploration
This text presents a theoretical and practical examination of the latest developments in Information Retrieval and their application to existing systems. By starting with a functional discussion of what is needed for an information system, the reader can grasp the scope of information retrieval problems and discover the tools to resolve them. The book takes a system approach to explore every functional processing step in a system from ingest of an item to be indexed to displaying results, showing how implementation decisions add to the information retrieval goal, and thus providing the user with the needed outcome, while minimizing their resources to obtain those results.
The text stresses the current migration of information retrieval from just textual to multimedia, expounding upon multimedia search, retrieval and display, as well as classic and new textual techniques. It also introduces developments in hardware, and more importantly, search architectures, such as those introduced by Google, in order to approach scalability issues.
About this textbook:
- A first course text for advanced level courses, providing a survey of information retrieval system theory and architecture, complete with challenging exercises
- Approaches information retrieval from a practical systems view in order for the reader to grasp both scope and solutions
- Features what is achievable using existing technologies and investigates what deficiencies warrant additional exploration
This text presents a theoretical and practical examination of the latest developments in Information Retrieval and their application to existing systems. By starting with a functional discussion of what is needed for an information system, the reader can grasp the scope of information retrieval problems and discover the tools to resolve them. The book takes a system approach to explore every functional processing step in a system from ingest of an item to be indexed to displaying results, showing how implementation decisions add to the information retrieval goal, and thus providing the user with the needed outcome, while minimizing their resources to obtain those results.
The text stresses the current migration of information retrieval from just textual to multimedia, expounding upon multimedia search, retrieval and display, as well as classic and new textual techniques. It also introduces developments in hardware, and more importantly, search architectures, such as those introduced by Google, in order to approach scalability issues.
About this textbook:
- A first course text for advanced level courses, providing a survey of information retrieval system theory and architecture, complete with challenging exercises
- Approaches information retrieval from a practical systems view in order for the reader to grasp both scope and solutions
- Features what is achievable using existing technologies and investigates what deficiencies warrant additional exploration
Content:
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Information Retrieval System Functions....Pages 1-26
Data Structures and Mathematical Algorithms....Pages 27-61
Ingest....Pages 63-93
Indexing....Pages 95-139
Search....Pages 141-170
Document and Term Clustering....Pages 171-198
Information Presentation....Pages 199-234
Search Architecture....Pages 235-252
Information System Evaluation....Pages 253-281
Back Matter....Pages 280-280
This text presents a theoretical and practical examination of the latest developments in Information Retrieval and their application to existing systems. By starting with a functional discussion of what is needed for an information system, the reader can grasp the scope of information retrieval problems and discover the tools to resolve them. The book takes a system approach to explore every functional processing step in a system from ingest of an item to be indexed to displaying results, showing how implementation decisions add to the information retrieval goal, and thus providing the user with the needed outcome, while minimizing their resources to obtain those results.
The text stresses the current migration of information retrieval from just textual to multimedia, expounding upon multimedia search, retrieval and display, as well as classic and new textual techniques. It also introduces developments in hardware, and more importantly, search architectures, such as those introduced by Google, in order to approach scalability issues.
About this textbook:
- A first course text for advanced level courses, providing a survey of information retrieval system theory and architecture, complete with challenging exercises
- Approaches information retrieval from a practical systems view in order for the reader to grasp both scope and solutions
- Features what is achievable using existing technologies and investigates what deficiencies warrant additional exploration
Content:
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Information Retrieval System Functions....Pages 1-26
Data Structures and Mathematical Algorithms....Pages 27-61
Ingest....Pages 63-93
Indexing....Pages 95-139
Search....Pages 141-170
Document and Term Clustering....Pages 171-198
Information Presentation....Pages 199-234
Search Architecture....Pages 235-252
Information System Evaluation....Pages 253-281
Back Matter....Pages 280-280
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