Readings in Information Retrieval

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Summary: Readings in Information Retrieval
Review: Edited by Karen Spark Jones & Peter Willet.
Readings in Information Retrieval provides a compilation of original papers that presents an overview, covering both general theory and specific methods, of the development and current status of information retrieval systems.
Information retrieval systems provide end-user access to the huge range of textual information resources that are now available. The techniques used are now being applied to multimedia retrieval, and to related information-seeking tasks such as information extraction and summarization. This collection contains papers covering both general theory and specific method, to offer a comprehensive view of the entire field. Each section consists of a carefully selected group of papers, together with a critical introduction to that topic and an extensive list of additional references.

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Summary: Readings in Information Retrieval
Review: Edited by Karen Spark Jones & Peter Willet.
Readings in Information Retrieval provides a compilation of original papers that presents an overview, covering both general theory and specific methods, of the development and current status of information retrieval systems.
Information retrieval systems provide end-user access to the huge range of textual information resources that are now available. The techniques used are now being applied to multimedia retrieval, and to related information-seeking tasks such as information extraction and summarization. This collection contains papers covering both general theory and specific method, to offer a comprehensive view of the entire field. Each section consists of a carefully selected group of papers, together with a critical introduction to that topic and an extensive list of additional references.

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Summary: The best collection of IR publications I ever read
Review: This book contains many high level, concise and relevant documents. The publications cover many aspects of IR from liguistic algorithms or suggetions to actual testing systems. When is the sequel coming out?