Information Retrieval: Uncertainty and Logics: Advanced Models for the Representation and Retrieval of Information

List of Figures. List of Tables. Preface. Part I: Genesis. 1. A Non-Classical Logic for Information Retrieval C.J. van Rijsbergen. Part II: Logical Models. 2. Toward a Broader Logical Model for Information Retrieval Jian-Yun Nie, F. Lepage. 3. Experiences in Information Retrieval Modelling Using Structured Formalisms and Modal Logic J.-P. Chevallet, Y. Chiaramella. 4. Preferential Models of Query by Navigation P. Bruza, B. van Linder. 5. A Flexible Framework for Multimedia Information Retrieval A. Muller. 6. The Flow of Information in Information Retrieval: Towards a General Framework for the Modelling of Information Retrieval M. Lalmas. 7. Mirlog: A Logic for Multimedia Information Retrieval C. Meghini, et al. Part III: Uncertainty Models. 8. Semantic Information Retrieval G. Amati, K. van Rijsbergen. 9. Information Retrieval with Probabilistic Datalog T. Rolleke, N. Fuhr. 10. Logical Imaging and Probabilistic Information Retrieval F. Crestani. 11. Simplicity and Information Retrieval G. Amati, K. van Rijsbergen. Part IV: Meta-Models. 12. Towards an Axiomatic Aboutness Theory for Information Retrieval T. Huibers, B. Wondergem.