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Text Retrieval Conference

The Text REtrieval Conference (TREC) is an ongoing series of workshops focusing on a list of different information retrieval (IR) research areas, or tracks. It is co-sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (part of the office of the Director of National Intelligence)…

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Publisher
NIST
Abbreviation
TREC
Discipline
information retrieval
Frequency
annual
History
1992; 34 years ago (1992)

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Text Retrieval Conference

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Edges51
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Avg. degree1.96
Density0.038462
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Abbreviation · 1
Text Retrieval Conference → TREC
Discipline · 1
Text Retrieval Conference → information retrieval
Frequency · 1
Text Retrieval Conference → annual
History · 1
Text Retrieval Conference → 1992; 34 years ago (1992)
Publisher · 1
Text Retrieval Conference → NIST
Website · 1
Text Retrieval Conference → trec.nist.gov

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Text Retrieval ConferenceDisciplineinformation retrieval1.00infobox
Text Retrieval ConferenceFrequencyannual1.00infobox
Text Retrieval ConferenceHistory1992; 34 years ago (1992)1.00infobox
Text Retrieval ConferencePublisherNIST1.00infobox
Text Retrieval ConferenceWebsitetrec.nist.gov1.00infobox
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