Model characterization curves for federated search using click-logs
Ashok Kumar Ponnuswami, Kumaresh Pattabiraman, Desmond Brand, Tapas Kanungo · 2011
Modern day federated search engines aggregate heterogeneous types of results from multiple vertical search engines and compose a single search engine result page (SERP). The search engine aggregates the results and produces one ranked list, constraining the vertical results to specific slots on the SERP.