Abstract
The size of a document archive is a very important parameter for resource selection in distributed information retrieval systems. In this paper, we present a method for automatically detecting the size (ie the number of documents) of a document archive, in case the archive itself does not provide such information. In addition, a method for detecting incremental change of the archive size is also presented, which can be useful for deciding if a resource description has become obsolete and needs to be regenerated. An experimental evaluation of these methods shows that they provide quite acurate information.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Advances in information retrieval : 25th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2003, Pisa, Italy, April 14-16, 2003 : proceedings |
| Place of Publication | Berlin, Germany |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 294-304 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Volume | 2633 |
| ISBN (Print) | 3540012745 |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 2003 |
Publication series
| Name | Lecture notes on computer science |
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| Publisher | Springer |
Keywords
- information retrieval systems
- document archive
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Wu, S., Gibb, F., Crestani, F., & Sebastiani, F. (Ed.) (2003). Experiments with document archive size detection. In Advances in information retrieval : 25th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2003, Pisa, Italy, April 14-16, 2003 : proceedings (Vol. 2633, pp. 294-304). (Lecture notes on computer science). Berlin, Germany: Springer.