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A meta-search engine transmits the user’s query simultaneously to several individual search engines and aggregate results into a single list. In this paper we conduct comparisons on several existing rank aggregation methods. Then based on those comparisons, an improved ranking aggregation method is proposed for meta-search engine. This method combines merits of the Borda’s method and scaled footrule method. Extensive experiments show that this improved method outperforms the alternatives in most cases.
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The work is supported by the Shanghai Scientific Development Foundation with Grant No. 11530700300, and Shandong Province Young and Middle-Aged Scientists Research Awards Fund with No. BS2010DX012.
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Feng, J., Gu, J., Zhou, Z. (2013). An Improved Ranking Aggregation Method for Meta-Search Engine. In: Park, J., Ng, JY., Jeong, HY., Waluyo, B. (eds) Multimedia and Ubiquitous Engineering. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 240. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6738-6_25
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