Efficient and Flexible Information Retrieval Using a...

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Published on October 9, 2007 2:56:07 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQVbpj1_uc8

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January 11, 2007

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Today's large-scale IR systems are not implemented using general-purpose database systems, as the latter tend to be significantly less efficient than custom-built IR engines. This talk demonstrates how recent developments in hardware-conscious database architecture may however satisfy IR needs. The advantage is flexibility of experimentation, as implementing a retrieval system on top of a DBMS boils down to relational query formulation, rather than system programming. We demonstrate in the context of the TeraByte TREC efficiency task that our experimental MonetDB/X100 database system provides highly competitive results both regarding precision and...