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Overview of TREC 2006

Published

Author(s)

Ellen M. Voorhees

Abstract

This report provides an overview of the fifteenth Text REtrieval Conference, TREC 2006. TREC 2006 was held at NIST on November 16-19, 2006. The conference was cosponsored by NIST and the Disruptive Technology Office (DTO). The conference attracted 107 participating groups, including academic, commercial, and government participants from 17 different countries.
Citation
Special Publication (NIST SP) - 500-272
Report Number
500-272
NIST Pub Series
Special Publication (NIST SP)
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.500-272

Keywords

evaluation, information/knowledge management, information retrieval, TREC

Citation

Voorhees, E. (2007), Overview of TREC 2006, Special Publication (NIST SP), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.500-272 (Accessed October 13, 2025)

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Created November 26, 2007, Updated November 10, 2018
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