Zhai C. Statistical Language Models for Information Retrieval

Morgan & Claypool, 2009
This book systematically reviews the large body of literature on applying statistical language
models to information retrieval with an emphasis on the underlying principles, empirically effective
language models, and language models developed for non-traditional retrieval tasks.Overview of Information Retrieval Models
Simple Query Likelihood Retrieval Model
Complex Query Likelihood Retrieval Model
Probabilistic Distance Retrieval Model
Language Models for Special Retrieval Tasks
Language Models for Latent Topic Analysis
Conclusions