Refereed full papers (journals, book chapters, international conferences)

1979

@incollection{Rij1979a,
	vgclass =	{refpap},
	author =	{van Rijsbergen, C. J.},
	title =	{Evaluation},
	booktitle =	{Information Retrieval},
	address =	{London},
	chapter =	{7},
	pages =	{112--123},
	publisher =	{Butterworths},
	year =	{1979},
	url =	{http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/Keith/Preface.html},
	url1 =	{http://citeseer.nj.nec.com/vanrijsbergen79information.html},
	abstract =	{PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION (London: Butterworths, 1979)

	The major change in the second edition of this book is the addition of
	a new chapter on probabilistic retrieval. This chapter has been
	included because I think this is one of the most interesting and active
	areas of research in information retrieval. There are still many
	problems to be solved so I hope that this particular chapter will be of
	some help to those who want to advance the state of knowledge in this
	area. All the other chapters have been updated by including some of the
	more recent work on the topics covered. In preparing this new edition I
	have benefited from discussions with Bruce Croft, David Harper, Stephen
	Robertson and Karen Sparck Jones. I am grateful to the University of
	Cambridge Computer Laboratory for providing me with the facilities for
	carrying out the work. Finally, I am indebted to the Royal Society for
	supporting me on their Scientific Information Research Fellowship.

	PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION (London: Butterworths, 1975)

	The material of this book is aimed at advanced undergraduate
	information (or computer) science students, postgraduate library
	science students, and research workers in the field of IR. Some of the
	chapters, particular chapter 6 (this became chapter 7 in the second
	edition), make simple use of a little advanced mathematics. However,
	the necessary mathematical tools can be easily mastered from numerous
	mathematical texts that now exist and, in any case, references have
	been given where the mathematics occur.

	I had to face the problem of balancing clarity of exposition with
	density of references. I was tempted to give large numbers of
	references but was afraid they would have destroyed the continuity of
	the text. I have tried to steer a middle course and not compete with
	the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology.
	
	Normally one is encouraged to cite only works that have been published
	in some readily accessible form, such as a book or periodical.
	Unfortunately, much of the interesting work in IR is contained in
	technical reports and Ph.D. theses. For example, most the work done on
	the SMART system at Cornell is available only in reports. Luckily many
	of these are now available through the National Technical Information
	Service (U.S.) and University Microfilms (U.K.). I have not avoided
	using these sources although if the same material is accessible more
	readily in some other form I have given it preference.

	I should like to acknowledge my considerable debt to many people and
	institutions that have helped me. Let me say first that they are
	responsible for many of the ideas in this book but that only I wish to
	be held responsible. My greatest debt is to Karen Sparck Jones who
	taught me to research information retrieval as an experimental science.
	Nick Jardine and Robin Sibson taught me about the theory of automatic
	classification.  Cyril Cleverdon is responsible for forcing me to think
	about evaluation.  Mike Keen helped by providing data. Gerry Salton has
	influenced my thinking about IR considerably, mainly through his
	published work. Ken Moody had the knack of bailing me out when the
	going was rough and encouraging me to continue experimenting. Juliet
	Gundry is responsible for making the text more readable and clear.
	Bruce Croft, who read the final draft, made many useful comments. Ness
	Barry takes all the credit for preparing the manuscript. Finally, I am
	grateful to the Office of Scientific and Technical Information for
	funding most the early experimental work on which the book is based; to
	the King's College Research Centre for providing me with an environment
	in which I could think, and to the Department of Information Science at
	Monash University for providing me with the facilities for writing.},
}