Understanding Search Engines: Mathematical Modeling and Text Retrieval (Software, Environments, Tools), Second Edition - Softcover

Michael W. Berry; Murray Browne

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0898715814 ISBN 13: 9780898715811

Publisher: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, 2005

Synopsis

The second edition of Understanding Search Engines: Mathematical Modeling and Text Retrieval follows the basic premise of the first edition by discussing many of the key design issues for building search engines and emphasizing the important role that applied mathematics can play in improving information retrieval. The authors discuss important data structures, algorithms, and software as well as user-centered issues such as interfaces, manual indexing, and document preparation. Significant changes bring the text up to date on current information retrieval methods: for example the addition of a new chapter on link-structure algorithms used in search engines such as Google. The chapter on user interface has been rewritten to specifically focus on search engine usability. In addition the authors have added new recommendations for further reading and expanded the bibliography, and have updated and streamlined the index to make it more reader friendly.

About this title

Book Description:

The second edition of this text covers many of the key design issues for building search engines, emphasizing the important role that applied mathematics plays in improving information retrieval. Important data structures, algorithms, and software are discussed, as well as user-centered issues such as interfaces, manual indexing, and document preparation.

About the Author:

Michael W. Berry is a Professor and Interim Department Head in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Tennessee and a faculty member in the Graduate School in Genome Science & Technology Program at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. His current research interests include information retrieval, data mining, scientific computing, computational science, numerical linear algebra, and parallel computation. Murray Browne is a Research Associate in the Computer Science Department at the University of Tennessee. He is a member of the American Society for Information Science and Technology and has published numerous essays, book reviews, newspaper articles, and feature stories.

About this edition

• Publisher: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0898715814
• ISBN 13: 9780898715811
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 184