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PUBLICATIONS

Information Technology: The Fifth Text REtrieval Conference [TREC-5]

Published

Author(s)

Ellen M. Voorhees, Donna K. Harman

Abstract

This paper serves as an introduction to the research described in the remainder of the proceedings. It defines the common retrieval tasks performed in TREC-5, the test collections used, and the evaluation methodology. The overview of the retrieval results summarizes the main themes learned from the experiments.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 500-238
Report Number
500-238
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

Keywords

information retrieval, search engines

Citation

Voorhees, E. and Harman, D. (1997), Information Technology: The Fifth Text REtrieval Conference [TREC-5], Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed October 14, 2025)

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Created November 1, 1997, Updated October 16, 2008
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