Jian-Yun Nie

Cross-Language Information Retrieval - Synthesis Lectures on Human Language Technologies Jian-Yun Nie

Provides a comprehensive description of the specific problems arising in cross-language information retrieval (CLIR), the solutions proposed in this area, and the remaining problems. The book starts with a general description of the monolingual IR and CLIR problems. The typical retrieval effectiveness using different approaches is compared. The book also offers a look into the future.