@inbook{bd90921daadb4a9b8e28db995054b49a,
title = "Experiments with document archive size detection",
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.",
keywords = "information retrieval systems, document archive",
author = "S. Wu and F. Gibb and F. Crestani and F. Sebastiani",
year = "2003",
month = apr,
language = "English",
isbn = "3540012745",
volume = "2633",
series = "Lecture notes on computer science",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "294--304",
booktitle = "Advances in information retrieval : 25th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2003, Pisa, Italy, April 14-16, 2003 : proceedings",
}