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Robustness of well‐designed retrieval performance measures under optimal user behavior

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  • John R. Conlon
  • Sumali J. Conlon

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This article considers a simple model of an information retrieval (IR) technology, and uses this model to examine performance measures for IR systems. In particular, we show that, if a user is employing an IR system optimally, then reasonable performance measures will tend to be relatively robust, or insensitive, to small variations in assumptions about the user's behavior. A simple empirical illustration of this approach is reported, though more work will be needed to determine exactly how robust performance measures will be in practical applications. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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  • John R. Conlon & Sumali J. Conlon, 1998. "Robustness of well‐designed retrieval performance measures under optimal user behavior," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 49(4), pages 356-363.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamest:v:49:y:1998:i:4:p:356-363
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(19980401)49:43.0.CO;2-1
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