本书介绍了有关信息检索方面的所有新变化,而且其组织使读者既可以对现代信息检索有一个全面的了解,又可以获取现代信息检索所有关键主题的详细知识。本书的主要内容由信息检索领域的代表人物Baeza-Yates和Ribeiro-Neto编写,对于那些希望深入研究关键领域的读者,书中还提供了由其他主要研究人员编写的关于特殊主题的发展现状的内容。

Information retrieval (IR) has changed considerably in recent years with the expansion of the World Wide Web and the advent of modern and inexpensive graphical user interfaces and mass storage devices. As a result, traditional IR textbooks have become quite out of date and this has led to the introduction of new IR books. Nevertheless, we believe that there is still great need for a book that approaches the field in a rigorous and complete way from a computer-science perspective (as opposed to a user-centered perspective). This book is a...

Preface
Acknowledgements
Biographies
Introduction
1.1 Motivation
1.1.1 Information versus Data Retrieval
1.1.2 Information Retrieval at the Center of the Stage
1.1.3 Focus of the Book
1.2 Basic Concepts
1.2.1 The User Task
1.2.2 Logical View of the Documents
1.3 Past, Present, and Future
1.3.1 Early Developments
1.3.2 Information Retrieval in the Library
1.3.3 The Web and Digital Libraries
1.3.4 Practical Issues
1.4 The Retrieval Process
1.5 Organization of the Book
1.5.1 Book Topics
1.5.2 Book Chapters