Subjective relevance : implications on digital libraries for experts and novices

• Main Authors: Foo, Schubert, Theng, Yin-Leng, Lee, Shu Shing, Goh, Dion Hoe-Lian
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Digital libraries and information portals
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79626; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6118
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Traditional information retrieval (IR) systems are developed based on the “best match” principle which assumes that users can specify their needs in a query and documents retrieved are relevant to users. However, this objective measure of relevance is limited as it does not consider differences in e...