Download or read book The Modern Algebra of Information Retrieval written by Sándor Dominich and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-04-03 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes a unique approach to information retrieval by laying down the foundations for a modern algebra of information retrieval based on lattice theory. All major retrieval methods developed so far are described in detail, along with Web retrieval algorithms, and the author shows that they all can be treated elegantly in a unified formal way, using lattice theory as the one basic concept. The book’s presentation is characterized by an engineering-like approach.