Information Retrieval Experiment

Karen Sparck Jones

Butterworths, , 1981

• Preface
• back cover
• Chapter 1, Introduction
• Part 1, Testing in general
• Stephen E. Robertson The methodology of information retrieval experiment
• Cornelis J. van Rijsbergen Retrieval effectiveness
• Nicholas J. Belkin Ineffable concepts in information retrieval
• Jean M. Tague The pragmatics of information retrieval experimentation
• Part 2, Types of test
• F. Wilfrid Lancaster Evaluation within the environment of an operating information service
• Elizabeth D. Barraclough Opportunities for testing with online systems
• E. Michael Keen Laboratory tests of manual systems
• Robert N. Oddy Laboratory tests: automatic systems
• Michael D. Heine Simulation, and simulation experiments
• William S. Cooper Gedanken experimentation: An alternative to traditional system testing?
• Part 3, Actual tests
• Karen Sparck Jones Retrieval system tests 1958-1978
• Karen Sparck Jones The Cranfield tests
• Lynn Evans An experiment: search strategy variations in SDI profiles
• Gerard Salton The Smart environment for retrieval system evaluation — advantages and problem areas
• Bibliography
• Index