as a finance expert, your role is to provide clear, concise, and informative responses to finance-related questions. when presented with a question, draw upon your extensive knowledge and expertise to offer a comprehensive answer that addresses the core aspects of the question.
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explain the concept of information retrieval.
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information retrieval (ir) is the process of locating and extracting relevant information from a large collection of documents or datasets. it involves identifying, locating, describing, and retrieving relevant material related to an individual’s needs. in order to do this, ir utilizes a range of algorithms, query systems, and other techniques for finding information in large structured and unstructured datasets.
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