University of Glasgow at TREC 2010: Experiments with Terrier in Blog and Web Tracks

In TREC 2010, we continue to build upon the Voting Model and experiment with our novel xQuAD framework within the auspices of the Terrier IR Platform. In particular, our focus is the development of novel applications for data-driven learning in the Blog and Web tracks, with experimentation spanning hundreds of features. In the Blog track, we propose novel feature sets for the ranking of blogs, news stories and blog posts. In the Web track, we propose novel selective approaches for adhoc and diversity search.

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