Abstract
In this paper we present the language modeling approach to information retrieval as a toolbox to systematically combine information from dierent sources. Four TREC subtasks (Ad Hoc, Entry Page, Adaptive Filtering and Cross-language) are used to illustrate the application of language models to dierent information retrieval problems.
| Original language | Undefined |
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| Title of host publication | TREC: Experimentation and Evaluation in Information Retrieval |
| Editors | E.M Voorhees, D. Harman |
| Place of Publication | Cambridge, USA |
| Publisher | MIT Press |
| Pages | 373-396 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-0-262-22073-6 |
| Publication status | Published - Sep 2005 |
Publication series
| Name | Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing |
|---|---|
| Publisher | MIT Press |
Keywords
- EWI-7426
- DB-IR: INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
- METIS-225872
- IR-66481
Cite this
Hiemstra, D., & Kraaij, W. (2005). A Language Modeling Approach to TREC. In E. M. Voorhees, & D. Harman (Eds.), TREC: Experimentation and Evaluation in Information Retrieval (pp. 373-396). (Digital Libraries and Electronic Publishing). Cambridge, USA: MIT Press.