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55220-mt - Information Retrieval Systems

This document contains questions for a M.Tech. exam on Information Retrieval Systems. It lists 8 questions covering topics such as the functional overview of information retrieval systems, their relevance to digital libraries and data warehouses, indexing processes, information extraction, data structures like n-grams and PATs, automatic indexing, statistical indexing, hypertext linkages, document and term clustering, text searching algorithms, and information system evaluation. Students are instructed to answer any 5 of the 8 questions.

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55220-mt - Information Retrieval Systems

This document contains questions for a M.Tech. exam on Information Retrieval Systems. It lists 8 questions covering topics such as the functional overview of information retrieval systems, their relevance to digital libraries and data warehouses, indexing processes, information extraction, data structures like n-grams and PATs, automatic indexing, statistical indexing, hypertext linkages, document and term clustering, text searching algorithms, and information system evaluation. Students are instructed to answer any 5 of the 8 questions.

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Code No: 55220/MT

NR
M.Tech. – II Semester Regular Examinations, September, 2008

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS


(Common to Software Engineering/ Information Technology)

Time: 3hours Max. Marks:60

Answer any FIVE questions


All questions carry equal marks
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1.a) Explain the functional overview of the Information Retrieval


System.
b) Clearly discuss the relevance of Information Retrieval Systems in
the context of Digital libraries and Data Warehouses.

2. Write about the following capabilities of an Information Retrieval


System:
a) Search
b) Browse

3.a) Write about Indexing process.


b) Explain the concept of Information Extraction.

4. Explain the following data structures giving suitable examples:


a) N-gram
b) PAT
c) Hypertext.

5.a) What is automatic indexing? Give the various classes of automatic


indexing?
b) Explain statistical indexing.
c) What are hypertext linkages?

6.a) Describe document and term clustering.


b) Write about the hierarchy of clusters.

7. Write about:
a) Selective dissemination of information search
b) Searching the Internet
c) Information visualization technologies.

8.a) Explain the various text searching algorithms.


b) Explain how information system evaluation is handled?

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