• DocumentCode
    2803006
  • Title

    A Comparison of Centralized and Distributed Information Retrieval Approaches

  • Author

    Paltoglou, Georgios ; Salampasis, Michail ; Satratzemi, Maria

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. Inf., Macedonia Univ., Thessaloniki
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    28-30 Aug. 2008
  • Firstpage
    21
  • Lastpage
    25
  • Abstract
    Distributed Information Retrieval (DIR) has been suggested to offer a prospective solution to a number of issues concerning information retrieval in the WWW. On the other hand, previous studies have indicated that centralized approaches offer the best solution for optimal quality of result (i.e. effectiveness). In this paper, we revisit those claims and investigate if and under which conditions can DIR offer a new paradigm for both efficient and effective information retrieval.
  • Keywords
    Internet; information retrieval; DIR; WWW; World Wide Web; centralized information retrieval; distributed information retrieval; optimal quality; Educational technology; Government; Indexing; Inference algorithms; Informatics; Information retrieval; Merging; Portals; Search engines; World Wide Web; Distributed Information Retrieval; Federated Search;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Informatics, 2008. PCI '08. Panhellenic Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Samos
  • Print_ISBN
    978-0-7695-3323-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PCI.2008.18
  • Filename
    4621531