UMass Robust 2005: Using Mixtures of Relevance Models for Query Expansion
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This paper describes the UMass TREC 2005 Robust Track experiments. We focus on approaches that use term proximity and pseudo-relevance feedback using external collections. Our results indicate both approaches are highly effective.
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