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PUBLICATIONS

Text Retrieval Conference (TREC)

Published

Author(s)

Ellen M. Voorhees

Abstract

This article summarizes the history, results, and impact of the Text Retrieval Conference (TREC), a workshop series designed to support the information retrieval community by building the infrastructure necessary for large-scale evaluation of retrieval technology.
Citation
Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences
Pub Type
Encyclopedias

Keywords

conferences, evaluation, information retrieval, test collections, TREC
Data and informatics

Citation

Voorhees, E. (2009), Text Retrieval Conference (TREC), Encyclopedia of Library and Information Sciences (Accessed October 13, 2025)

Issues

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Created December 8, 2009, Updated February 19, 2017
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