Dynamic Reference Sifting: A Case Study
in the Homepage Domain

Table of Contents

1. Dynamic Reference Sifting
2. Outline
3. Softbots and Dynamic Reference Sifters
4. Information Retrieval Definitions
   • Precision
   • Recall
5. Searching the Web
   • Conventional Methods
   • Using DRS
6. Case Study: The Personal Homepage Domain
7. Ahoy! Architecture
8. Performance Analysis
   • Overview
   • Precision
   • Top 10
   • Recall
   • Recall II
9. Learning in Ahoy!
10. DRS Domains
    • Characteristics
    • Examples
11. (un)Related Work
12. Summary and Conclusions
13. Ahoy! the Homepage Finder

Authors:

Jonathan Shakes,

Marc Langheinrich, and

Oren Etzioni

Email:

ahoy@cs.washington.edu

Home Page:

http://ahoy.cs.washington.edu:6060/

Presentation Source:

MS Powerpoint '97 (550kb)