Information Processing & Management 42(1)

Information Processing & Management
Volume 42, Issue 1, January 2006


Special issue on model design, formulation and explanation in information retrieval using mathematics
Sandor Dominich, Mounia Lalmas and C.J. Keith van Rijsbergen

A general matrix framework for modelling Information Retrieval
Thomas Rolleke, Theodora Tsikrika and Gabriella Kazai

A risk minimization framework for information retrieval
ChengXiang Zhai and John Lafferty

A framework for understanding Latent Semantic Indexing (LSI) performance
April Kontostathis and William M. Pottenger

Best entry points for structured document retrieval-Part I: Characteristics
Jane Reid, Mounia Lalmas, Karen Finesilver and Morten Hertzum

Best entry points for structured document retrieval-Part II: Types, usage and effectiveness
Jane Reid, Mounia Lalmas, Karen Finesilver and Morten Hertzum

Classical retrieval and overlap measures satisfy the requirements for rankings based on a Lorenz curve
Leo Egghe and Ronald Rousseau

Concept integration of document databases using different indexing languages
Xueying Zhang

Qualitative evaluation of automatic assignment of keywords to images
Chih-Fong Tsai, Ken McGarry and John Tait

Information gain and divergence-based feature selection for machine learning-based text categorization
Changki Lee and Gary Geunbae Lee

An implicit feedback approach for interactive information retrieval
Ryen W. White, Joemon M. Jose and Ian Ruthven

Elicitation and use of relevance feedback information
Olga Vechtomova and Murat Karamuftuoglu

Evaluating patent retrieval in the third NTCIR workshop
Makoto Iwayama, Atsushi Fujii, Noriko Kando and Yozo Marukawa

SDQE: towards automatic semantic query optimization in P2P systems
Xing Zhu, Hualiang Cao and Yong Yu

P2P searching trends: 2002-2004
Sai Ho Kwok

How are we searching the World Wide Web? A comparison of nine search engine transaction logs
Bernard J. Jansen and Amanda Spink

Multitasking during Web search sessions
Amanda Spink, Minsoo Park, Bernard J. Jansen and Jan Pedersen

Collaborative information behaviour–exploring Kuhlthau’s Information Search Process model in a group-based educational setting
Jette Hyldegard

Scholarly research and information practices: a domain analytic approach
J. Fry