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Specificity Aboutness in XML Retrieval

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Advances in Information Retrieval Theory (ICTIR 2009)

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This paper presents a theoretical methodology to evaluate filters in XML retrieval. Theoretical evaluation is concerned with the formal investigation of qualitative properties of retrieval models. XML retrieval deals with retrieving those document components that specifically answer a query, and filters are a method of delivering the most focused answers. Our theoretical evaluation will critically analyse how filters achieve this.

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  1. Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, UK

    Tobias Blanke & Mounia Lalmas

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  1. Department of Computing Science, Sir Alwyn Williams Building, Lilybank Gardens, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

    Leif Azzopardi

  2. Microsoft Research Ltd, 7 JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0FB, Cambridge, UK

    Gabriella Kazai  & Stephen Robertson  & 

  3. Knowledge Media Institute,, The Open University, MK7 6AA, Milton Keynes, UK

    Stefan Rüger

  4. Microsoft Research Ltd, 7 JJ Thomson Avenue, CB3 0FB, Cambridge, United Kingdom

    Milad Shokouhi  & Emine Yilmaz  & 

  5. School of Computing, The Robert Gordon University, St Andrew Street, AB25 1HG, Aberdeen, UK

    Dawei Song

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Blanke, T., Lalmas, M. (2009). Specificity Aboutness in XML Retrieval. In: Azzopardi, L., et al. Advances in Information Retrieval Theory. ICTIR 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5766. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04417-5_16

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