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This is the first book to offer a comprehensive view of information representation and retrieval (IRR). In this fully updated second edition, author Heting Chu reviews key concepts and major developmental stages of the field and then systematically examines information representation methods, IRR languages, retrieval techniques and models, and internet retrieval systems.

Chu explains the retrieval of multilingual, multimedia, and hyperstructured information, explores user dimension and evaluation issues, and analyzes the role and potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in IRR.