| Author | Aimvalee Varinsathien |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.IM-00-21 |
| Subject(s) | Web search engines
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science, School of Advanced Technologies |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. IM-00-21 |
| Abstract | Evaluation of Search Engines: A Case Study Using Information Retrieval Effectiveness describes an experiment to evaluate Web search engines by using an information retrieval evaluation criteria. The aim of this study is to create a standard experiment for evaluating the selected Web search engines. This study does not attempt to evaluate the innerworkings of search engines. The evaluation uses the retrieval performance of Information Retrieval System (i.e. precision, recall and coverage) to evaluate Indexed Search Engines (i.e. AltaVista, Google, Infoseek and Northern Light) and Directory Search Engines (i.e. About, Open Directory, WWW Virtual Library, and Yahoo). The same ten search queries drawn from the thesis topics of the Computer Science and Information Management program of the Asian Institute of Technology are used to test all selected Web search engines. Clarke and Willett's method is applied to estimate the recall value in this experiment. A means to rank the most effective search engine by calculating overall weighted average values from precision, recall, and coverage is proposed. Finally, this research will be useful and could enable Web users to select a search engine appropriate to their specific search needs. In addition, it will eventually help Web search engine developer design even better ones for the Internet community. |
| Year | 2000 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis ; no. IM-00-21 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Advanced Technologies (SAT) |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Information Management (IM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Devadason, Francis Jawahar; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Yulu, Qi;Vatcharaporn Esichaikul; |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Self-support; |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2000 |