Ebook: SIGIR ’94: Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual International ACM-SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, organised by Dublin City University

Information retrieval (IR) is becoming an increasingly important area as scientific, business and government organisations take up the notion of "information superhighways" and make available their full text databases for searching. Containing a selection of 35 papers taken from the 17th Annual SIGIR Conference held in Dublin, Ireland in July 1994, the book addresses basic research and provides an evaluation of information retrieval techniques in applications. Topics covered include text categorisation, indexing, user modelling, IR theory and logic, natural language processing, statistical and probabilistic models of information retrieval systems, routing, passage retrieval, and implementation issues.

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Information retrieval (IR) is becoming an increasingly important area as scientific, business and government organisations take up the notion of "information superhighways" and make available their full text databases for searching. Containing a selection of 35 papers taken from the 17th Annual SIGIR Conference held in Dublin, Ireland in July 1994, the book addresses basic research and provides an evaluation of information retrieval techniques in applications. Topics covered include text categorisation, indexing, user modelling, IR theory and logic, natural language processing, statistical and probabilistic models of information retrieval systems, routing, passage retrieval, and implementation issues.

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Information retrieval (IR) is becoming an increasingly important area as scientific, business and government organisations take up the notion of "information superhighways" and make available their full text databases for searching. Containing a selection of 35 papers taken from the 17th Annual SIGIR Conference held in Dublin, Ireland in July 1994, the book addresses basic research and provides an evaluation of information retrieval techniques in applications. Topics covered include text categorisation, indexing, user modelling, IR theory and logic, natural language processing, statistical and probabilistic models of information retrieval systems, routing, passage retrieval, and implementation issues.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Sequential Algorithm for Training Text Classifiers....Pages 3-12
Expert Network: Effective and Efficient Learning from Human Decisions in Text Categorization and Retrieval....Pages 13-22
Towards Language Independent Automated Learning of Text Categorization Models....Pages 23-30
Using IR Techniques for Text Classification in Document Analysis....Pages 31-40
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
An Evaluation Method for Stemming Algorithms....Pages 42-50
On the Measurement of Inter-Linker Consistency and Retrieval Effectiveness in Hypertext Databases....Pages 51-60
Query Expansion using Lexical-Semantic Relations....Pages 61-69
Front Matter....Pages 70-70
Perceptual Speed, Learning and Information Retrieval Performance....Pages 71-80
Term Relevance Feedback and Query Expansion: Relation to Design....Pages 81-90
Modelling Information Retrieval Agents with Belief Revision....Pages 91-100
Polyrepresentation of Information Needs and Semantic Entities Elements of a Cognitive Theory for Information Retrieval Interaction....Pages 101-110
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Investigating Aboutness Axioms using Information Fields....Pages 112-121
A Probabilistic Terminological Logic for Modelling Information Retrieval....Pages 122-130
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Retrieving Terms and their Variants in a Lexicalized Unification-Based Framework....Pages 132-141
Word Sense Disambiguation and Information Retrieval....Pages 142-151
A Full-Text Retrieval System with a Dynamic Abstract Generation Function....Pages 152-161
Front Matter....Pages 162-162
A Document Retrieval Model Based on Term Frequency Ranks....Pages 163-172
Automatic Combination of Multiple Ranked Retrieval Systems....Pages 173-181
Properties of Extended Boolean Models in Information Retrieval....Pages 182-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
OHSUMED: An Interactive Retrieval Evaluation and New Large Test Collection for Research....Pages 192-201
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Results of Applying Probabilistic IR to OCR Text....Pages 202-211
Natural Language vs. Boolean Query Evaluation: A Comparison of Retrieval Performance....Pages 212-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Inferring Probability of Relevance Using the Method of Logistic Regression....Pages 222-231
Some Simple Effective Approximations to the 2-Poisson Model for Probabilistic Weighted Retrieval....Pages 232-241
The Formalism of Probability Theory in IR: A Foundation or an Encumbrance?....Pages 242-247
Front Matter....Pages 248-248
LyberWorld — A Visualization User Interface Supporting Fulltext Retrieval....Pages 249-259
A System for Discovering Relationships by Feature Extraction from Text Databases....Pages 260-270
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Information Filtering Based on User Behavior Analysis and Best Match Text Retrieval....Pages 272-281
Improving Text Retrieval for the Routing Problem using Latent Semantic Indexing....Pages 282-291
The Effect of Adding Relevance Information in a Relevance Feedback Environment....Pages 292-300
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Passage-Level Evidence in Document Retrieval....Pages 302-310
Effective Retrieval of Structured Documents....Pages 311-317
Document and Passage Retrieval Based on Hidden Markov Models....Pages 318-327
Front Matter....Pages 328-328
Synthetic Workload Performance Analysis of Incremental Updates....Pages 329-338
Document Filtering for Fast Ranking....Pages 339-348
Adapting a Full-text Information Retrieval System to the Computer Troubleshooting Domain....Pages 349-358
Front Matter....Pages 359-359
Panel: Integration of Information Retrieval and Database Systems....Pages 360-360
Panel: Evaluating Interactive Retrieval Systems....Pages 361-361
Back Matter....Pages 363-363

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Information retrieval (IR) is becoming an increasingly important area as scientific, business and government organisations take up the notion of "information superhighways" and make available their full text databases for searching. Containing a selection of 35 papers taken from the 17th Annual SIGIR Conference held in Dublin, Ireland in July 1994, the book addresses basic research and provides an evaluation of information retrieval techniques in applications. Topics covered include text categorisation, indexing, user modelling, IR theory and logic, natural language processing, statistical and probabilistic models of information retrieval systems, routing, passage retrieval, and implementation issues.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Sequential Algorithm for Training Text Classifiers....Pages 3-12
Expert Network: Effective and Efficient Learning from Human Decisions in Text Categorization and Retrieval....Pages 13-22
Towards Language Independent Automated Learning of Text Categorization Models....Pages 23-30
Using IR Techniques for Text Classification in Document Analysis....Pages 31-40
Front Matter....Pages 41-41
An Evaluation Method for Stemming Algorithms....Pages 42-50
On the Measurement of Inter-Linker Consistency and Retrieval Effectiveness in Hypertext Databases....Pages 51-60
Query Expansion using Lexical-Semantic Relations....Pages 61-69
Front Matter....Pages 70-70
Perceptual Speed, Learning and Information Retrieval Performance....Pages 71-80
Term Relevance Feedback and Query Expansion: Relation to Design....Pages 81-90
Modelling Information Retrieval Agents with Belief Revision....Pages 91-100
Polyrepresentation of Information Needs and Semantic Entities Elements of a Cognitive Theory for Information Retrieval Interaction....Pages 101-110
Front Matter....Pages 111-111
Investigating Aboutness Axioms using Information Fields....Pages 112-121
A Probabilistic Terminological Logic for Modelling Information Retrieval....Pages 122-130
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Retrieving Terms and their Variants in a Lexicalized Unification-Based Framework....Pages 132-141
Word Sense Disambiguation and Information Retrieval....Pages 142-151
A Full-Text Retrieval System with a Dynamic Abstract Generation Function....Pages 152-161
Front Matter....Pages 162-162
A Document Retrieval Model Based on Term Frequency Ranks....Pages 163-172
Automatic Combination of Multiple Ranked Retrieval Systems....Pages 173-181
Properties of Extended Boolean Models in Information Retrieval....Pages 182-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
OHSUMED: An Interactive Retrieval Evaluation and New Large Test Collection for Research....Pages 192-201
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Results of Applying Probabilistic IR to OCR Text....Pages 202-211
Natural Language vs. Boolean Query Evaluation: A Comparison of Retrieval Performance....Pages 212-220
Front Matter....Pages 221-221
Inferring Probability of Relevance Using the Method of Logistic Regression....Pages 222-231
Some Simple Effective Approximations to the 2-Poisson Model for Probabilistic Weighted Retrieval....Pages 232-241
The Formalism of Probability Theory in IR: A Foundation or an Encumbrance?....Pages 242-247
Front Matter....Pages 248-248
LyberWorld — A Visualization User Interface Supporting Fulltext Retrieval....Pages 249-259
A System for Discovering Relationships by Feature Extraction from Text Databases....Pages 260-270
Front Matter....Pages 271-271
Information Filtering Based on User Behavior Analysis and Best Match Text Retrieval....Pages 272-281
Improving Text Retrieval for the Routing Problem using Latent Semantic Indexing....Pages 282-291
The Effect of Adding Relevance Information in a Relevance Feedback Environment....Pages 292-300
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Passage-Level Evidence in Document Retrieval....Pages 302-310
Effective Retrieval of Structured Documents....Pages 311-317
Document and Passage Retrieval Based on Hidden Markov Models....Pages 318-327
Front Matter....Pages 328-328
Synthetic Workload Performance Analysis of Incremental Updates....Pages 329-338
Document Filtering for Fast Ranking....Pages 339-348
Adapting a Full-text Information Retrieval System to the Computer Troubleshooting Domain....Pages 349-358
Front Matter....Pages 359-359
Panel: Integration of Information Retrieval and Database Systems....Pages 360-360
Panel: Evaluating Interactive Retrieval Systems....Pages 361-361
Back Matter....Pages 363-363
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