Variations in relevance judgments and the measurement of retrieval effectiveness

Voorhees, Ellen M.·2000·Information Processing & Management

DOI 10.1016/s0306-4573(00)00010-8

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Authors: Voorhees, E. M.
Venue: Information Processing & Management
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2000-09
Volume: 36
Issue: 5
Pages: 697-716
ISSN: 0020-0271 (ISSN-L)
0306-4573
DOI: 10.1016/s0306-4573(00)00010-8
OpenAlex: W2120308175
Cited by: 504
References: 0
FWCI: 51.05
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed

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