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The Perils of Interpreting Recall and Precision Values

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Information Retrieval

Part of the book series: Informatik-Fachberichte ((INFORMATIK,volume 289))

Abstract

“The measurement of performance is necessary to evaluate Information Retrieval systems” [Los 91] seems to be a generally accepted opinion in the Information Retrieval (IR) community. An important factor of whether a user is able to benefit from using an IR system is the effectiveness of the retrieval method implemented in the system.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, 8092, Zurich, Switzerland

    H. P. Frei, S. Meienberg & P. Schäuble

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  1. H. P. Frei
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  1. Fachbereich Informatik, Universität Dortmund, Postfach 500 500, W-4600, Dortmund 50, Deutschland

    Norbert Fuhr

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Frei, H.P., Meienberg, S., Schäuble, P. (1991). The Perils of Interpreting Recall and Precision Values. In: Fuhr, N. (eds) Information Retrieval. Informatik-Fachberichte, vol 289. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-76981-8_1

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