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CS-5604: Information Storage and Retrieval

Description: Analyzing, indexing, representing, storing, searching, retrieving, processing and presenting information and documents using fully automatic systems. The information may be in the form of text, hypertext, multimedia, or hypermedia. The systems are based on various models, e.g., Boolean logic, fuzzy logic, probability theory, etc., and they are implemented using inverted files, relational thesauri, special hardware, and other approaches. Evaluation of the systems efficiency and effectiveness. Pre: Graduate standing in the CSA program.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: N/A

Required By: CS-6604

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 7

Average GPA: 3.75 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 55.91%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Chang Tien Lu202452.0%48.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.582
Edward A Fox202383.9%14.5%1.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.784
Ismini Lourentzou2021100.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.981

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Fall 2022Fall 2023Spring 2024Term050% W