Utilizing minimal relevance feedback for ad hoc retrieval
Author(s) -
Eyal Krikon,
Oren Kurland
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
proceedings of the 45th international acm sigir conference on research and development in information retrieval
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.1145/2009916.2010068
Subject(s) - relevance feedback , relevance (law) , computer science , post hoc , information retrieval , wireless ad hoc network , artificial intelligence , image retrieval , telecommunications , political science , medicine , dentistry , law , image (mathematics) , wireless
Using relevance feedback can significantly improve (ad hoc) retrieval effectiveness. Yet, if little feedback is available, effectively exploiting it is a challenge. To that end, we present a novel approach that utilizes document passages. Empirical evaluation demonstrates the merits of the approach.
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