Information Retrieval (IR), (more precisely, text information retrieval) is a branch of computer science that deals with the processing of collections of documents containing ‘free text’, such as ...

The deep web constitutes a vast reservoir of content that remains inaccessible to conventional search engines due to its reliance on dynamic query forms and non-static pages. Advanced crawling and ...

As noted by Martzoukou (2005), ?the Web has grown into a vital channel of communication and an important vehicle for information dissemination and retrieval.? Whilst more than one would be persuaded ...