Abstract
Information Retrieval (IR) is concerned with the organisation, storage, retrieval, and evaluation of information relevant to a user’s information need. Figure 1 is a schematic illustrating the concept of IR. The main components of IR are as follows:
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user
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information need
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request
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query
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information stored in computer(s)
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appropriate computer programs
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Dominich, S. (2001). Introduction. In: Mathematical Foundations of Information Retrieval. Mathematical Modelling: Theory and Applications, vol 12. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0752-8_1
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