LIBR 558: Information Retrieval Systems: Structures and Algorithms (3) -- Course DESCRIPTION
PREREQUISITES: LIBR 500, 501, 502, 503
GOALS: To provide an introduction to the methods used in the storage and retrieval of textual, pictorial, graphic, and voice data.
OBJECTIVES:
Upon completion of this course students will:
- understand the complexity of information retrieval ;
- understand the functions of an information retrieval system;
- be able to understand and measure the contribution of the components of an information retrieval system to its performance;
- be able to isolate the factors which optimize the information retrieval process;
- be aware of current issues in information retrieval, including search engines.
CONTENT:
- Documents and queries
- Information retrieval models
- Evaluating information retrieval systems
- Implementing information retrieval systems
- Improving effectiveness of information retrieval systems
- Multimedia information retrieval systems
- Information retrieval on the WWW
- Users and information retrieval
