Abstract

This article surveys probablistic approaches to modeling information retrieval. The basic concepts of probabilistic approaches to information retrieval are outlined and the principles and assumptions upon which the approaches are based are presented. The various models proposed in the development of IR are described, classified, and compared using a common formalism. New approaches that constitute the basis of future research are described.

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Computer scienceFormalism (music)Information retrievalProbabilistic logicData scienceArtificial intelligence

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Year
1998
Type
review
Volume
30
Issue
4
Pages
528-552
Citations
187
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Fábio Crestani, Mounia Lalmas, Cornelis J. van Rijsbergen et al. (1998). “Is this document relevant?…probably”. ACM Computing Surveys , 30 (4) , 528-552. https://doi.org/10.1145/299917.299920

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10.1145/299917.299920