Improved query performance prediction using standard deviation

Ronan Cummins, Joemon M. Jose, Colm O'Riordan

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Abstract

Query performance prediction (QPP) is an important task in information retrieval (IR). In this paper, we (1) develop a new predictor based on the standard deviation of scores in a variable length ranked list, and (2) we show that this new predictor outperforms state-of-the-art approaches without the need for tuning.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSIGIR'11 - Proceedings of the 34th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval
Publisher Association for Computing Machinery
Pages1089-1090
Number of pages2
ISBN (Print)9781450309349
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Event34th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, SIGIR 2011 - Beijing, China
Duration: 24 Jul 201128 Jul 2011

Publication series

NameSIGIR'11 - Proceedings of the 34th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval

Conference

Conference34th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, SIGIR 2011
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period24/07/1128/07/11

Keywords

  • Information retrieval
  • Query performance prediction

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