Information retrieval is a fundamental component of human information behavior. The ability
to extract useful information from large electronic resources not only is one of the main …

Personalization of information retrieval (PIR) is aimed at tailoring a search toward individual
users and user groups by taking account of additional information about users besides their …

The HARD track of TREC 2004 aims to improve the accuracy of information retrieval through
the use of three techniques:(1) query metadata that better describes the information need,(2) …

Personalization of information retrieval tailors search towards individual users to meet their
particular information needs by taking into account information about users and their …

In this paper, we investigate question quality among questions posted in Yahoo! Answers to
assess what factors contribute to the goodness of a question and determine if we can flag …

Se esboza un razonamiento sociológico en relación con el vínculo teórico bibliotecas y
sociedad, teniendo como objetivo ayudar a determinar nuevas líneas de estudio y análisis …

The pursuit of information is an integral aspect of a learner's daily routine, often facilitated by
information retrieval systems. In this study, we explore the correlation between text …

Given an information need and the corresponding set of documents retrieved, it is known
that user assessments for such documents differ from one user to another. One frequent …

This dissertation explores the relationships between work tasks and search tasks, and
between work tasks and interactive information searching behavior. A faceted classification …

The average cost to develop each new pharmaceutical drug is approximately $1 billion or
more and takes 12-15 years from laboratory concept to an approved drug on the shelf at the …