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.
Lectures
Time | Room | Lecturer | Date |
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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
Time | Room | Instructor | Date | Observe |
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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.