Evaluation of Web Search Engines with Thai Queries
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چکیده
This paper discusses some challenging issues that are found in the evaluation of web search engines by using Thai queries. The discussions are based on our experience in evaluating and comparing the search performance of 7 search engines on Thai queries. The issues addressed in this paper will help in improving further evaluations of search engines for Thai.
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