We introduce query-free information retrieval, a paradigm in which queries are constructed autonomously and information relevant to a user is offered without explicit request. Que...
The new concept proposed in this paper is a query free web search that automatically retrieves a web page including information related to the daily activity that we are currently...
During a three-day workshop in February 2012, 45 Information Retrieval researchers met to discuss long-range challenges and opportunities within the field. The result of the works...
James Allan, W. Bruce Croft, Alistair Moffat, Mark...
The motivation behind ``Probabilistic Indexing'' was to replace two-valued thinking about information retrieval with probabilistic notions. This involved a new view of t...