Throughout history, humans have sought ways not only to acquire but to preserve knowledge. From when to plant crops to who begat whom, even the earliest people
Class-tested and coherent, this textbook teaches classical and web information retrieval, including web search and the related areas of text classification and
With the increased use of technology in modern society, high volumes of multimedia information exists. It is important for businesses, organizations, and indivi
Chapter 1 places into perspective a total Information Storage and Retrieval System. This perspective introduces new challenges to the problems that need to be t