Explains how to build useful tools for searching collections of text and other media. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 b/w illus. 5 colour illus. 20 tables 60 exercises. BIC Classification: UDB; UYZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 636. . 2008. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . .

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Title: Finding Out About: A Cognitive Perspective on Search Engine Technology and the WWW
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 2008
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0521734460
ISBN 13: 9780521734462
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: New

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The World Wide Web is rapidly filling with more text than anyone could have imagined a short time ago. However, the task of determining which data is relevant has become appreciably harder. In this original new work Richard Belew brings a cognitive science perspective to the study of information as a computer science discipline. He introduces the idea of Finding Out About (FOA), the process of actively seeking out information relevant to a topic of interest. Belew describes all facets of FOA, ranging from creating a good characterization of what the user seeks to evaluating the successful performance of search engines. His volume clearly shows how to build many of the tools that are useful for searching collections of text and other media. While computer scientists make up the book's primary audience, Belew skillfully presents technical details in a manner that makes important themes accessible to readers more comfortable with words than equations. Resources are available from the book's web site

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Richard K. Belew is a professor in the Computer Science and Engineering departments at The University of California, San Diego. He is an associate editor of the journal Evolutionary Computation and co-editor (with Melanie Mitchell) of Adaptive Individuals in Populations (1996).

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