《搜索引擎:原理技术与系统》系统地介绍了互联网搜索引擎的工作原理、实现技术及其系统构建方案。《搜索引擎:原理技术与系统》分三篇共13章内容，从基本工作原理概述，到一个小型简单搜索引擎具体细节的实现，进而详细讨论了大规模分布式搜索引擎系统的设计要点及其关键技术；最后介绍了面向主题和个性化的web信息服务，阐述了中文网页自动分类等技术及其应用。《搜索引擎:原理技术与系统》层次分明，由浅入深；既有深入的理论分析，也有大量的实验数据，具有学习和实用双重意义。

Information retrieval is the foundation for modern search engines. This text offers an introduction to the core topics underlying modern search technologies, including algorithms, data structures, indexing, retrieval, and evaluation. The emphasis is on implementation and experimentation; each chapter includes exercises and suggestions for student projects. Wumpus--a multiuser open-source information-retrieval system developed by one of the authors and available online--provides model implementations and a basis for student work. The modular structure of the book allows instructors to use it in a variety of graduate-level courses, including courses taught from a database systems perspective, traditional information retrieval courses with a focus on IR theory, and courses covering the basics of Web retrieval. After an introduction to the basics of information retrieval, the text covers three major topic areas--indexing, retrieval, and evaluation--in self-contained parts. The final part of the book draws on and extends the general material in the earlier parts, treating such specific applications as parallel search engines, Web search, and XML retrieval. End-of-chapter references point to further reading; exercises range from pencil and paper problems to substantial programming projects. In addition to its classroom use, Information Retrieval will be a valuable reference for professionals in computer science, computer engineering, and software engineering.

This is a rigorous and complete textbook for a first course on information retrieval from the computer science perspective. It provides an up-to-date student oriented treatment of information retrieval including extensive coverage of new topics such as web retrieval, web crawling, open source search engines and user interfaces. From parsing to indexing, clustering to classification, retrieval to ranking, and user feedback to retrieval evaluation, all of the most important concepts are carefully introduced and exemplified. The contents and structure of the book have been carefully designed by the two main authors, with individual contributions coming from leading international authorities in the field, including Yoelle Maarek, Senior Director of Yahoo! Research Israel; Dulce Poncele'on IBM Research; and Malcolm Slaney, Yahoo Research USA. This completely reorganized, revised and enlarged second edition of Modern Information Retrieval contains many new chapters and double the number of pages and bibliographic references of the first edition, and a companion website www.mir2ed.org with teaching material. It will prove invaluable to students, professors, researchers, practitioners, and scholars of this fascinating field of information retrieval.

本书介绍了信息检索（IR）中的关键问题，以及这些问题如何影响搜索引擎的设计与实现，并且用数学模型强化了重要的概念。对于网络搜素引擎这一重要的话题，书中主要涵盖了在网络上广泛使用的搜索技术。 本书适用于高等院校计算机科学或计算机工程专业的本科生、研究生，对于专业人士而言，本书也不失为一本理想的入门教材。