TY - GEN
T1 - An algorithm to numerically evaluate the efficiency of a search engine rank
AU - Alhalabi, Wadee S.
AU - Kubat, Miroslav
AU - Tapia, Moiez
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - The rapid developments in the field of internet search engines underline the need for reliable mechanisms for performance evaluation. So far, the vast majority of researchers have relied on the "precision" and "recall" measures known from the field of Information Retrieval Unfortunately, both of them fail to assess how successfully they rank the returned documents according to their relevance. In this paper, we discuss this issue in some detail, and then propose a new mechanism for the evaluation of the quality of search-engine rankings.
AB - The rapid developments in the field of internet search engines underline the need for reliable mechanisms for performance evaluation. So far, the vast majority of researchers have relied on the "precision" and "recall" measures known from the field of Information Retrieval Unfortunately, both of them fail to assess how successfully they rank the returned documents according to their relevance. In this paper, we discuss this issue in some detail, and then propose a new mechanism for the evaluation of the quality of search-engine rankings.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84905126149
SN - 9780975339367
T3 - Internet and Information Systems in the Digital Age Challenges and Solutions - Proceedings of the 7th International Business Information Management Association Conference, IBIMA 2006
SP - 37
EP - 42
BT - Internet and Information Systems in the Digital Age
PB - International Business Information Management Association, IBIMA
T2 - 7th International Business Information Management Association Conference, IBIMA 2006
Y2 - 14 December 2006 through 16 December 2006
ER -