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@article{citeulike:1839956, abstract = {This paper examines statistical techniques for exploiting relevance information to weight search terms. These techniques are presented as a natural extension of weighting methods using information about the distribution of index terms in documents in general. A series of relevance weighting functions is derived and is justified by theoretical considerations. In particular, it is shown that specific weighted search methods are implied by a general probabilistic theory of retrieval. Different applications of relevance weighting are illustrated by experimental results for test collections.}, address = {School of Library, Archive and Information Studies University College London London WC1E 6BT, England; Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 3QG, England}, author = {Robertson, S. E. and Jones, Sparck K.}, citeulike-article-id = {1839956}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.4630270302}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/114197810/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1002/asi.4630270302}, journal = {Journal of the American Society for Information Science}, keywords = {assumption, classical, f4, independence, information, ir, ordering, principle, probabilistic, relevance, retrieval, weighting}, number = {3}, pages = {129--146}, posted-at = {2007-10-30 11:03:54}, priority = {4}, title = {Relevance weighting of search terms}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.4630270302}, volume = {27}, year = {1976} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1839956 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1839956 N2 - This paper examines statistical techniques for exploiting relevance information to weight search terms. These techniques are presented as a natural extension of weighting methods using information about the distribution of index terms in documents in general. A series of relevance weighting functions is derived and is justified by theoretical considerations. In particular, it is shown that specific weighted search methods are implied by a general probabilistic theory of retrieval. Different applications of relevance weighting are illustrated by experimental results for test collections. IS - 3 JF - Journal of the American Society for Information Science AD - School of Library, Archive and Information Studies University College London London WC1E 6BT, England; Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge Cambridge CB2 3QG, England EP - 146 TI - Relevance weighting of search terms VL - 27 SP - 129 KW - assumption KW - classical KW - f4 KW - independence KW - information KW - ir KW - ordering KW - principle KW - probabilistic KW - relevance KW - retrieval KW - weighting AU - Robertson, SE AU - Jones, Sparck PY - 1976/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asi.4630270302 ER -