Information Retrieval Methods

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Software Systems
Advanced studies
Kurssi antaa perustiedot tiedonhaun menetelmistä. Kurssilla käsitellään tiedonhaun perusteita, indeksointimenetelmiä ja relevanssin arviointia, tiedonhaun malleja, kielen käsittelyä tiedonhaussa, kyselystrategioita ja kyselykäyttöliittymiä. Kurssikirja: Manning C. D., Raghavan P. & Schütze H.: Introduction to Information Retrieval, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Year Semester Date Period Language In charge
2010 autumn 01.11-08.12. 2-2 English

Lectures

Time Room Lecturer Date
Mon 14-16 D122 Pirjo Moen 01.11.2010-08.12.2010
Wed 12-14 D122 Pirjo Moen 01.11.2010-08.12.2010
Fri 14-16 D122 Pirjo Moen 10.12.2010-10.12.2010

Exercise groups

Group: 1
Time Room Instructor Date Observe
Tue 14-16 D122 Pirjo Moen 01.11.2010—10.12.2010

Registration for this course starts on Tuesday 12th of October at 9.00. Exercises begin on the first lecture week.

General

This course gives an introduction to basic methods for information retrieval. The course will cover the following topics:

  • Basics of information retrieval
  • Information retrieval models
    • Boolean retrieval
    • Vector space model
    • Probabilistic models
    • Language models
    • XML retrieval
  • Scoring, weighting and ranking
  • Evaluation in information retrieval
  • Relevance feedback and query expansion
  • Web search

Completing the course

The course is completed by doing weekly exercises and taking the course exam. The course exam will held on Tuesday 14th of December at 9-12 in A111.

Literature and material

The course book is Manning C. D., Raghavan P. & Schütze H.: Introduction to Information Retrieval, Cambridge University Press, 2008.