Answer any one question from Q1 and Q2
1 (a)
Describe 'index term weighing'.
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1 (b)
Explain the properties of dissimilarity coefficient used in information Retrieval.
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2 (a)
Describe different matching coefficients.
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2 (b)
Let Document 1 = {CPU, keyboard, RAM, VGA, SMPS, USB, CD-ROM, Printer}
Document 2 = {CPU, VGA, Simulator, OS, Video, USB, Printer, Scanner, Compiler}
Find the similarity between two documents using different matching coefficients.
Document 2 = {CPU, VGA, Simulator, OS, Video, USB, Printer, Scanner, Compiler}
Find the similarity between two documents using different matching coefficients.
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Answer any one question from Q3 and Q4
3 (a)
Explain with example signature file structure.
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3 (b)
Compare with example suffix trees & suffix arrays.
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4 (a)
Draw the generalized structure of an inverted file & Explain the algorithm for building an Inverted file of a given document.
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4 (b)
Generate an Inverted file for a given text.
'This is a text. A text has many words. Words are made form letters'.
'This is a text. A text has many words. Words are made form letters'.
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Answer any one question from Q5 and Q6
5 (a)
Explain the architectural issues in digital libraries.
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5 (b)
Explain the terms Precision and Recall and calculate the same for the following example. The set of relevant documents for query
q = {d3,d7, d8, d11, d14, d19, d23, d25}
A new retrieval algorithm returns following answer set
={d1, d2, d3, d7, d9, d10, d14, d20, d23, d24, d25}.
q = {d3,d7, d8, d11, d14, d19, d23, d25}
A new retrieval algorithm returns following answer set
={d1, d2, d3, d7, d9, d10, d14, d20, d23, d24, d25}.
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6 (a)
Explain TREC document collection with tasks & Evaluation measures at TREC conferences.
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6 (b)
Explain different document models, its representations and access.
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Answer any one question from Q7 and Q8
7 (a)
Explain with diagram and example how the MIMD architecture is used in parallel IR.
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7 (b)
Explain with example how the 'Query Processing' is done in distributed IR.
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8 (a)
Explain with diagram how inverted file is used in MIMD architecture.
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8 (b)
Explain Collection Partitioning & Source Selection in Distributed IR.
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Answer any one question from Q9 and Q10
9 (a)
Explain multimedia data support in commercial DBMS.
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9 (b)
Write short note on MULTOS query language.
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10 (a)
Explain how GEMINI is applied to colour images.
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10 (b)
What is feature extraction in Multimedia IR? How is it helpful for data retrieval?
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Answer any one question from Q11 and Q12
11 (a)
What is role of web crawlers in search engine? How it works?
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11 (b)
Explain distributed architecture of search engine.
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12 (a)
Write short note on: Search Engines.
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12 (b)
Write short note on: Characterizing the Web.
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