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Parallel computing for passage retrieval

A. MacFarlane (Lecturer, Centre for Interactive Research, City University, London, UK)
S.E. Robertson (Researcher, Centre for Interactive Research, City University, London, UK and Microsoft Research Ltd, Cambridge, UK)
J.A. McCann (Senior Lecturer, Department of Computing, Imperial College, London, UK)

Aslib Proceedings

ISSN: 0001-253X

Article publication date: 1 August 2004

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Abstract

In this paper methods for both speeding up passage processing and examining more passages using parallel computers are explored. The number of passages processed are varied in order to examine the effect on retrieval effectiveness and efficiency. The particular algorithm applied has previously been used to good effect in Okapi experiments at TREC. This algorithm and the mechanism for applying parallel computing to speed up processing are described.

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MacFarlane, A., Robertson, S.E. and McCann, J.A. (2004), "Parallel computing for passage retrieval", Aslib Proceedings, Vol. 56 No. 4, pp. 201-211. https://doi.org/10.1108/00012530410549231

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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