Query Processing in TREC-6.

Rao, Ashwin; Lu, Allan; Meier, Ed; Ahmed, Salahuddin; Pliske, Daniel

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ERIC Number: EJ603751

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Publication Date: 2000

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Query Processing in TREC-6.

Rao, Ashwin; Lu, Allan; Meier, Ed; Ahmed, Salahuddin; Pliske, Daniel

Information Processing & Management, v36 n1 p179-186 Jan 2000

Discussion of query processing focuses on techniques developed by LEXIS-NEXIS for identifying key concepts, selecting synonyms and related terms, and detecting phrases that can be combined to increase recall and precision. Describes experiments in the ad hoc track of the sixth TREC (Text Retrieval Conference), including the use of ranking algorithms. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Algorithms, Conferences, Information Retrieval, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Subject Index Terms

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Language: English

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