Finding Out About
Finding Out About
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USDFinding Out About explains how to build useful tools for searching collections of text and other media. In the process it takes a close look at the properties of textual documents that do not become clear until very large collections of them are brought together and shows that the constructions of effective search engines requires knowledge of the statistical and mathematical properties of linguistic phenomena, as well as an appreciation for the cognitive foundation we bring to the task as language users. The unique approach of this book is its even handling of the phenomena of both numbers and words, giving it a wide appeal. The textbook works for undergraduate and graduate classes on information retrieval, library science, and computational linguistics. More exercises are available to instructors. A supporting Web site includes recent additions to the book, as well as links to sites of new topics and methods.
- Relevant to both technical 'number people' and literate 'word people'
- Integrated software allows easy experimentation
- Supporting website includes errata and resources for instructors
Reviews & endorsements
"FOA is a comprehensive resource for teaching a programming-based information retrieval class. The text provides an integrated introduction to many topics in information retrieval with a strong emphasis on mathematical and machine learning models, as well as giving a clear account of implementation details for the programming assignments." Information Retrieval
Product details
July 2008Paperback
9780521734462
384 pages
235 × 178 × 17 mm
0.63kg
10 b/w illus. 5 colour illus. 20 tables 60 exercises
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Table of Contents
- 1. Overview
- 2. Extracting lexical features
- 3. Weighting and matching against indices
- 4. Assessing the retrieval
- 5. Mathematical foundations
- 6. Inference beyond the index
- 7. Adaptive information retrieval
- 8. Conclusions and future directions.
