University of glasgow at TREC 2006: Experiments in terabyte and enterprise tracks with terrier

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University of glasgow at TREC 2006 : Experiments in terabyte and enterprise tracks with terrier. / Lioma, Christina; Macdonald, C.; Plachouras, V.; Peng, J.; He, B.; Ounis, I.

University of glasgow at TREC 2006: Experiments in terabyte and enterprise tracks with terrier. 2006. (N I S T Special Publication).

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Lioma, C, Macdonald, C, Plachouras, V, Peng, J, He, B & Ounis, I 2006, University of glasgow at TREC 2006: Experiments in terabyte and enterprise tracks with terrier. in University of glasgow at TREC 2006: Experiments in terabyte and enterprise tracks with terrier. N I S T Special Publication.

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Lioma, C., Macdonald, C., Plachouras, V., Peng, J., He, B., & Ounis, I. (2006). University of glasgow at TREC 2006: Experiments in terabyte and enterprise tracks with terrier. In University of glasgow at TREC 2006: Experiments in terabyte and enterprise tracks with terrier N I S T Special Publication

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Lioma C, Macdonald C, Plachouras V, Peng J, He B, Ounis I. University of glasgow at TREC 2006: Experiments in terabyte and enterprise tracks with terrier. In University of glasgow at TREC 2006: Experiments in terabyte and enterprise tracks with terrier. 2006. (N I S T Special Publication).

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Lioma, Christina ; Macdonald, C. ; Plachouras, V. ; Peng, J. ; He, B. ; Ounis, I. / University of glasgow at TREC 2006 : Experiments in terabyte and enterprise tracks with terrier. University of glasgow at TREC 2006: Experiments in terabyte and enterprise tracks with terrier. 2006. (N I S T Special Publication).

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