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Author Foster, Allen

Title Innovations in Information Retrieval : Perspectives for Theory and Practice
Published Facet Publishing, 2013

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Contents Title page; Contents; Figures and tables; Contributors; Foreword; Introduction; 1 Encountering on the road to Serendip? Browsing in new information environments; Introduction; Browsing; Encountering and serendipity; The personal factor; Serendipity systems?; Conclusion; References; 2 Classification revisited:a web of knowledge; Introduction; Background; Classification, how does it work?; Classification in information retrieval; Bibliographic classifications on the web 1990-2010; Classification for computers; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References
3 Approaches to fiction retrieval research: from theory to practice?Introduction; Approaches to fiction retrieval; Intertextuality and fiction information retrieval; A methodological framework for a generic fiction retrieval system; Conclusion; References; 4 Music information retrieval research; Introduction; What is music information?; Music and its organization; MIR systems; Without a listener . . .; Evaluation; Conclusion; References; 5 Folksonomies, social tagging and information retrieval; Introduction; The relation between knowledge representation and information retrieval
Searching -- browsing -- retrievingFolksonomy-based recommender systems; Tag clouds facilitate browsing; Relevance ranking; Disadvantages; Conclusion; Note; References; 6 Digital information interaction as semantic navigation; Introduction; Semantic navigation; Supporting semantic navigation; Conclusion; References; 7 Assessing web search engines:a webometric approach; Introduction; Temporal changes; Internal consistency; Search engine bias; Conclusion; References; Index
Summary The advent of various information retrieval (IR) technologies and approaches to storage and retrieval provide communities with opportunities for mass documentation, digitization, and the recording of information in different forms. This book introduces and contextualizes these developments and looks at supporting research in IR
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Information retrieval -- Technological innovations
Library & information sciences.
Information theory.
Computer science.
Human-computer interaction.
COMPUTERS -- System Administration -- Storage & Retrieval.
COMPUTERS -- Social Aspects -- Human-Computer Interaction.
Recherche documentaire.
Informatique documentaire.
Internet.
Sciences de l'information.
Information retrieval -- Technological innovations
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1306342198
9781306342193
9781856049733
1856049736