Syllabus
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Course Code: BCA-601(I) Course Name: INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | Introduction to Information Retrieval Systems: Definition of Information Retrieval System, Objectives of Information
Retrieval Systems. Functional Overview: Item Normalization, Selective Dissemination of Information, Document, Index and Multimedia Database Search. Information Retrieval System Capabilities: Search Capabilities, Browse Capabilities, Miscellaneous Capabilities, Z39.50 and WAIS Standards. |
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| 2 | Cataloging and Indexing: History and Objectives of Indexing, Indexing Process, Scope of Indexing, Precoordination and
Linkages, Automatic Indexing: Classes of Automatic Indexing, Statistical Indexing Natural Language, Concept Indexing, Hypertext Linkages, Information Extraction, Index Compression: Dictionary Compression, Posting File Compress |
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| 3 | User Search Technique: Search Statements and Binding, Similarity Measures and Ranking, Relevance Feedback, Selective Dissemination of Information Search, Weighted Searches of Boolean Systems, Searching the INTERNET and Hypertext. Computing Scores in a Complete Search System: Efficient Scoring and Ranking, Components of an Information Retrieval System. | |
| 4 | Evaluation in Information Retrieval, Standard Test Collections, Evaluation of Unranked Retrieval Sets, Evaluation of
Ranked Retrieval Results, Assessing Relevance, System Quality and User Utility. Information Visualization: Cognition and Perception, Aspects of Visualization Process, Information Visualization Technologies. |
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