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Predicting the query performance is the task of estimating the expected quality of the search results, when no relevance information is given. In this chapter, we will define the basic concepts that are used in the rest of the book.
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Carmel, D., Yom-Tov, E. (2010). Basic Concepts. In: Estimating the Query Difficulty for Information Retrieval. Synthesis Lectures on Information Concepts, Retrieval, and Services. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-02272-2_2
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