Fotis Lazarinis
ABSTRACT
The main aim of this short paper is to measure the relevance of the retrieved images in a number of queries in different non-English languages. The reasoning behind retrieval failures is investigated and suggestions for improving these problems are discussed.
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- Measuring search engine quality in image queries in 10 non-English languages: an exploratory study
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