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Reflections on TREC

Karen Spärck Jones

July 1994, 35 pages

DOI: 10.48456/tr-347

Abstract

This paper discusses the Text REtrieval Conferences (TREC) programme as a major enterprise in information retrieval research. It reviews its structure as an evaluation exercise, characterises the methods of indexing and retrieval being tested within it in terms of the approaches to system performance factors these represent; analyses the test results for solid, overall conclusions that can be drawn from them; and, in the light of the particular features of the test data, assesses TREC both for generally-applicable findings that emerge from it and for directions it offers for future research.

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@TechReport{UCAM-CL-TR-347,
  author =	 {Sp{\"a}rck Jones, Karen},
  title = 	 {{Reflections on TREC}},
  year = 	 1994,
  month = 	 jul,
  url = 	 {https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-347.ps.gz},
  institution =  {University of Cambridge, Computer Laboratory},
  doi = 	 {10.48456/tr-347},
  number = 	 {UCAM-CL-TR-347}
}