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Title: Best text available. Has no competition.
Review: This text sets the standard for future information retrieval texts and has replaced the Salton books as the canonical academic text.The second edition is highly readable and contains a thorough updating of the algorithms and data structures in the field.I like the text because of its readability, conciseness, thoroughness, and attention to detail. The comparisons of algorithms on realistic sized collections is unparalleled in other texts.I have used this text for the past 5 years in a graduate level information storage and retrieval class but I believe it has a much wider audience due to the quality of writing.Additionally, the free availability of the mg system which implements many of the best algorithms of the text allows the reader/student to take advantage of the technology without having to start from scratch.Highly recommended.
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