Introduction to Terrier |
| Overview |
An overview of what the Terrier platform is, and what it can be used for. |
| What's New |
What has changed in the Terrier platform in the recent releases. |
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Getting Started with Terrier |
| Installing and Running Terrier |
Contains information about how to download, install and start running Terrier, and an overview of the applications provided with Terrier. |
| Terrier Components |
An overview of the main components of Terrier. |
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Using Terrier |
| Configuring Terrier |
A brief introduction to the configuration of Terrier |
| Configuring Indexing |
A guide of indexing, and how it can be configured to your needs. |
| Configuring Retrieval |
A guide of the retrieval functionalities, covering frequently-used retrieval methodologies, such as TF-IDF, Okapi's BM25, language models (Hiemstra and Ponte & Croft) and weighting models from the probabilistic Divergence From Randomness (DFR), as well as query expansion (pseudo-relevance feedback). |
| Terrier's Query Language |
A description of the query language that Terrier supports. |
| Evaluation of Experiments |
Shows how the results of experiments can be evaluated using the in-built evaluation package in Terrier. |
| Desktop Search |
A guide to the included Desktop Search application of Terrier. |
| TREC Experiment Examples |
An example of how to create an index and produce a TREC run on the WT2G and Blogs06 collections. |
| Terrier/Hadoop Configuration |
A guide to how to configure Terrier to use a Hadoop cluster |
| Hadoop Map Reduce Indexing with Terrier |
A guide to using the Hadoop Map Reduce indexer in Terrier. |
| List of all properties in Terrier |
Extensive list of properties that Terrier supports and what they configure. |
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Extending Terrier & Other Advanced Topics |
| Developing with Terrier |
Introduction to developing applications using Terrier. |
| Extending Indexing |
In depth guide about indexing, and the roles of each class in the indexing process. |
| Extending Retrieval |
In depth guide about retrieval, and how various retrieval functionalities can be integrated into Terrier.
Moreover, how you can use Terrier to obtain various statistics about the terms and the collection. |
| Non English language support |
Description of support in Terrier for indexing and retrieving from documents written in languages other than
English. |
| Description of DFR |
Description of the Divergence From Randomness framework that Terrier implements. |
Terrier API Javadoc |
API documentation of each class in Terrier. |
| Future Features & Known Issues |
Upcoming features in future releases. |
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Other Information |
| Terrier Forum |
The Terrier discussion forum is for developers and users of the Terrier
platform to discuss the software. Ask questions, post patches and share tips. |
| Terrier FAQ |
The Terrier FAQ, hosted on the Terrier Wiki. |
| Bibliography |
If you use Terrier in your research, please cite us! |
| Contacts |
Terrier Contacts |
