This book presents a systematic study of practices and theories for query understanding of search engines. These studies can be categorized into three major classes.

This book provides a summary of the manifold audio- and web-based approaches to music information retrieval (MIR) research.

In this book, Melucci and Baeza-Yates present a wide-spectrum illustration of recent research results in advanced areas related to information retrieval.

This book presents a systematic study of practices and theories for query understanding of search engines. These studies can be categorized into three major classes.

This book provides a summary of the manifold audio- and web-based approaches to music information retrieval (MIR) research.

Such large collections pose a new set of challenges for information retrieval researchers. In this work, Metzler describes highly effective information retrieval models for both smaller, classical data sets, and larger Web collections.

This book provides a summary of the manifold audio- and web-based approaches to music information retrieval (MIR) research.

In this book, Melucci and Baeza-Yates present a wide-spectrum illustration of recent research results in advanced areas related to information retrieval.

The final chapter concludes the book by discussing the limitations of current approaches, and suggesting directions for future research. Researchers and graduate students are the primary target audience of this book.

In this book, Melucci and Baeza-Yates present a wide-spectrum illustration of recent research results in advanced areas related to information retrieval.