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Table 11 Effectiveness of different retrieval methods, including using ranked only and hybrid ranked and Boolean, on the Misc dataset. Lucene results are over 12 queries.

From: Boolean versus ranked querying for biomedical systematic reviews

Method

Level

RBP99

P@1,000

R@1,000

P@10,000

R@10,000

Boolean

Tier 1

0.065

0.070

0.151

0.010

0.250

(Orig)

Tier 2

0.032

0.027

0.262

0.003

0.350

Boolean

Tier 1

0.015

0.060

0.200

0.011

0.500

(Simp)

Tier 2

0.005

0.020

0.310

0.004

0.560

Ranked

Tier 1

0.060

0.072

0.185

0.023

0.516

(TRC)

Tier 2

0.036

0.030

0.306

0.007

0.645

Boolean

Tier 1

0.070

0.040

0.116

0.030

0.319

(Lucene)

Tier 2

0.029

0.015

0.150

0.007

0.404

Combined

Tier 1

0.055

0.065

0.200

0.028

0.485

 

Tier 2

0.020

0.026

0.300

0.006

0.553