B.E. (Computer Engineering) Information Retrieval Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
The University has moved this degree onto NEP 2020 one year at a time. The first and second years are NEP 2020 syllabi; the third and fourth years are still examined on the REV-2019 'C' Scheme, which is what the University sets for them this year.
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Syllabus for Information Retrieval
Module 1: Introduction to Information Retrieval
- 1.1 Introduction to Information Retrieval, Basic Concepts, Information Versus Data, Trends and research issues in information retrieval.
- 1.2 The retrieval process, Information retrieval in the library, web and digital libraries.
Module 2: Modeling in Information Retrieval
- 2.1 Taxonomy of Information Retrieval models, Classic Information Retrieval, Alternate set: Theoretical model, Alternative Algebraic models, Alternative Probabilistic models
- 2.2 Structured text Retrieval models, Models for browsing
Module 3: Query and Operations in Information Retrieval
- 3.1 Query structures, Keyboard based querying, Pattern matching, Structured queries
- 3.2 User relevance feedback, Automatic local analysis, Automatic global analysis
Module 4: Indexing and Scoring in Information Systems
- 4.1 Introduction, Inverted Files, Other Indices for Text, Boolean queries and Introduction to Sequential searching
- 4.2 Scoring, term weighting and the vector space model, Parametric and zone indexes, Weighted zone scoring, Learning weights, The optimal weight, Term frequency and weighting, Inverse document frequency, Tf-idf weighting. The vector space model for scoring, Queries as vectors, Computing vector scores, Efficient scoring and ranking, Inexact top K document retrieval
Module 5: Evaluation of Information Retrieval Systems
- 5.1 Information retrieval system evaluation, Standard test collections, Evaluation of unranked retrieval sets, Evaluation of ranked retrieval results, Assessing and justifying the concept of relevance
- 5.2 System quality and user utility, System issues, Refining a deployed system
Module 6: Applications of Information Retrieval Systems
- 6.1 Introduction to Multimedia Information Retrieval
- 6.2 Introduction to Distributed Information Retrieval
Textbooks
- 1 Modern information retrieval, Baeza-Yates, R. and Ribeiro-Neto, B., 1999. ACM press.
- 2 Introduction to Information Retrieval By Christopher D. Manning and PrabhakarRaghavan, Cambridge University Press
- 3 Information Storage & Retrieval By Robert Korfhage – John Wiley & Sons
- 1 Storage Network Management and Retrieval, VaishaliKhairnar
- 2 Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval. G.G. Chowdhury. NealSchuman
- 3 Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval by Tanveer Siddiqui, U.S Tiwarey Useful Digital Links
- 1 https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs276/
- 2 https://www.coursera.org/learn/text-retrieval
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.E. (Computer Engineering) under REV-2019 'C' Scheme, in force from the academic year 2022-23. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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