The paradigm of relevance: Is it time to kill the sacred cow?


Autoria(s): van der Vegt, Anton
Data(s)

04/04/2016

Resumo

Prior to embarking on further study into the subject of relevance it is essential to consider why the concept of relevance has remained inconclusive, despite extensive research and its centrality to the discipline of information science. The approach taken in this paper is to reconstruct the science of information retrieval from first principles including the problem statement, role, scope and objective. This framework for document selection is put forward as a straw man for comparison with the historical relevance models. The paper examines five influential relevance models over the past 50 years. Each is examined with respect to its treatment of relevance and compared with the first principles model to identify contributions and deficiencies. The major conclusion drawn is that relevance is a significantly overloaded concept which is both confusing and detrimental to the science.

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/95057/

Relação

http://eprints.qut.edu.au/95057/1/The%20Paradigm%20of%20Relevance-1.pdf

van der Vegt, Anton (2016) The paradigm of relevance: Is it time to kill the sacred cow? [Working Paper] (Unpublished)

Direitos

2016 Anton van der Vegt

Fonte

School of Information Systems; Science & Engineering Faculty

Palavras-Chave #080611 Information Systems Theory #080704 Information Retrieval and Web Search #Relevance #Information Retrieval
Tipo

Working Paper