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ProductDescriptionKEYBENEFIT:Writtenbyaleaderinthefieldofinformationretrieval,thistextprovidesthebackgroundandtoolsneededtoevaluate,compareandmodifysearchengines.KEYTOPICS:CoverageoftheunderlyingIRandmathematicalmodelsreinforcekeyconcepts.NumerousprogrammingexercisesmakeextensiveuseofGalago,aJava-basedopensourcesearchengine.MARKET:Avaluabletoolforsearchengineandinformationretrievalprofessionals.AbouttheAuthorW.BruceCroftisaDistinguishedProfessorintheDepartmentofComputerScienceattheUniversityofMassachusetts,Amherst,whichhejoinedin1979.In1992,hebecametheDirectoroftheCenterforIntelligentInformationRetrieval(CIIR),whichcombinesbasicresearchwithtechnologytransfertoavarietyofgovernmentandindustrypartners.Hehaspublishedmorethan180articlesrelatedtoinformationretrieval.Dr.CroftwaselectedaFellowofACMin1997,receivedtheResearchAwardfromtheAmericanSocietyforInformationScienceandTechnologyin2000,andreceivedtheGerardSaltonAwardfromtheACMSpecialInterestGroupinInformationRetrieval(SIGIR)in2003.DonaldMetzlerisaResearchScientistintheSearchandComputationalAdvertisinggroupatYahoo!ResearchinSantaClara,CA.HeobtainedhisPh.D.fromtheUniversityofMassachusettsin2007.DuringhisgraduatestudieshewasawardedaMicrosoftLiveLabsGraduateFellowship.Hisresearchinterestsincludeformalinformationretrievalmodels,websearch,advertising,andmachinelearning.TrevorStrohmanisasoftwareengineerintheGooglesearchqualitydivision.HisPh.D.,fromtheUniversityofMassachusettsAmherst,focusedonhigh-performancetextretrievalsystemsthatareeasilyadaptabletofitspecificretrievalapplications.Hehaspublishedpapersandpresentedatutorialatthetopinformationretrievalconference,SIGIR.HeisthecreatoroftheGalagosearchengine,andtheprimarydeveloperoftheIndrisearchengine(www.lemurproject.org/indri).Hehastenyearsofprofessionalsoftwaredevelopmentexperience,includingdesktop,server,andwebapplications.
