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Since the near beginnings of human civilization, human beings have focused on written communication. From cave drawings to scroll writings, from printing presses to electronic libraries—communicating has been of primary concern to our existence. Today, with the emergence of digital libraries and electronic information exchange there is clear need for improved techniques to organize these large quantities of information. Applied and theoretical research and development in the areas of information authorship, processing, storage, and retrieval is of interest to all sectors of the community. In this book, we overview recent research efforts that focus on the electronic searching and retrieving of documents.
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Grossman, D.A., Frieder, O. (1998). Introduction. In: Information Retrieval. The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, vol 461. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5539-1_1
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