Patent ID: 6615200
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
An information-retrieval-performance evaluating method for performing an evaluation of an information retrieving system that retrieves documents, the method comprising:providing a retrieval request comprising either a heading or a text of a document to the information retrieving system, and wherein the other corresponding one of the text and the heading for the document is a retrieval-target information such that when the retrieval request comprises a heading of the document, the retrieval-target information comprises the corresponding text of the document and when the retrieval request comprises a text of the document, the retrieval-target information comprises the corresponding heading of the document; retrieving one or more texts from a storage device in response to the retrieval request comprised of a heading or retrieving one or more headings from a storage device in response to the retrieval request comprised of a text; and performing a retrieval-performance evaluation to evaluate an accuracy of the information retrieving system in retrieving the retrieval-target information according to a result of the retrieval performed in response to the retrieval request.