6 Questions
What is the primary function of an index term in a document?
To help in remembering the document's main themes
What makes a word that appears in all 100 documents in a collection useless as an index term?
It does not provide any unique information about the documents
What is the primary advantage of using partial matching in the vector space model?
It enables the ranking of documents by closeness to the query
What is the purpose of assigning non-binary weights to index terms in the vector space model?
To enable partial matching of queries and documents
What is the outcome of computing the degree of similarity between documents and a user query in the vector space model?
A measure of the relevance of each document to the query
Who proposed the vector space model in 1975?
Salton
Learn about the fundamental concepts of Artificial Intelligence, including index terms and their significance in document representation. Understand how to identify relevant keywords and their role in retrieving specific documents. Test your knowledge of AI basics!
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