Weights: Atf*idf Cosine Normalized. The tf part has been normalized according to the following formula: 0.5+0.5 *(tf/max-tf) (Croft 83 in Marc's slide). YOU HAVE TWO TYPES OF RANKED RESULTS: A) WITH THE DOCUMENTS WEIGHTED WITH THE TF*IDF COSINE NORMALIZED FORMULA B) BOTH THE DOCUMENTS AND THE QUERY WEIGHT ARE TF*IDF COSINE NORMALIZED. Query 1: What difficulties were facing the United States? Are there political, economic, or cultural problems to be solved in the U.S.? Is the White House making any announcements? . Num Action Sim Title 5 0.45 What's News -- World-Wide 10/16/89 WALL STREET JOURNAL (J) 19 0.38 The Sell-Off in Stocks: U.S. Response to Plunge In Market Bears 33 0.30 Politics & Policy: Stock Market's Plunge Leads to Finger-Pointi 220 0.29 International: South Korea's Roh to Downplay Trade, Focus on Sh 195 0.28 International: Lawson Fails to Announce New Steps to Boost Poun 112 0.27 U.S. Banks' Involvement in China Loans Signals Willingness to R 163 0.26 Politics & Policy: Crisis-Management Committee Slated By White 60 0.26 Canada Savings Bonds 10/16/89 WALL STREET JOURNAL (J) CANDA BON 197 0.25 White House Gets Behind Effort to Shift Oversight of Bell Syste 189 0.25 Potomac Watch -- Child-Care: George Bush's Domestic Panama ---- 141 0.23 Bull's Chairman to Use U.S. Acquisitions To Lift Computer Maker 62 0.23 The Sell-Off in Stocks: Dow Falls 190 Points; Bucks Safeguards 156 0.23 Chrysler Official Estimates Auto Maker Broke Even on 3rd-Quarte 193 0.22 Amex Names Ex-Congressman Chairman --- James Jones Offers Capit 180 0.22 River of Despair: Along the Rich Banks Of the Mississippi Live 1 5 1 0 0 0 0.1270 1 19 2 0 0 0 0.0781 1 141 3 0 0 0 0.0763 1 220 4 0 0 0 0.0728 1 129 5 0 0 0 0.0673 1 189 6 0 0 0 0.0671 1 33 7 0 0 0 0.0646 1 60 8 0 0 0 0.0645 1 195 9 0 0 0 0.0636 1 197 10 0 0 0 0.0616 1 112 11 0 0 0 0.0598 1 165 12 0 0 0 0.0568 1 163 13 0 0 0 0.0567 1 180 14 0 0 0 0.0556 1 159 15 0 0 0 0.0551 Query: 2 Which companies that produce cars, trucks and vans are facing problems, strikes or financial ones? Are they launching any new automovile model? . ---- Num Action Sim Title 82 0.46 What's News -- Business and Finance 10/16/89 WALL STREET JOURNA 53 0.45 Vehicle Sales Posted Decline For Oct. 1-10 --- GM Results Pulll 130 0.43 Owens-Corning Says Operating Profit Fell In the Third Quarter 1 127 0.35 Cummins Announces Engine Piston Defects And Shares Tumble 10/13 249 0.30 Business Brief -- General Motors Corp.: Chevrolet Unit Is Offer 95 0.28 Kysor Expects to Post Sharp Decline in Net 10/16/89 WALL STREET 97 0.26 Trinity in Rail Car Agreement 10/16/89 WALL STREET JOURNAL (J) 128 0.24 Profits of Big Steelmakers to Plummet Due to Soft Demand, Erodi 266 0.24 GM Planning to Close 2 Plants for a Week Because of Slow Sales 60 0.24 Canada Savings Bonds 10/16/89 WALL STREET JOURNAL (J) CANDA BON 7 0.24 Economy: September Data Show Inflation Persisting As Energy Fue 187 0.23 CBOE Is Planning to Offer A 'Market Basket' Product 10/13/89 WA 186 0.23 Big Toy Firms To Post Gains For 3rd Quarter --- Revenue Unlikel 215 0.22 Business Brief -- Nynex Corp.: Firm, Two Striking Unions Agree 162 0.21 Gibbons, Green van Amerongen's Woes May Be a Portent for Buy-Ou 2 53 1 0 0 0 0.1456 2 82 2 0 0 0 0.1326 2 130 3 0 0 0 0.1272 2 127 4 0 0 0 0.0936 2 249 5 0 0 0 0.0823 2 95 6 0 0 0 0.0822 2 266 7 0 0 0 0.0770 2 7 8 0 0 0 0.0702 2 97 9 0 0 0 0.0659 2 67 10 0 0 0 0.0624 2 215 11 0 0 0 0.0594 2 186 12 0 0 0 0.0583 2 128 13 0 0 0 0.0573 2 175 14 0 0 0 0.0563 2 162 15 0 0 0 0.0556 Query 3: Which countries were or are in war? Are there any risks of war or civil war? Has any peace treaty being signed? Was there any terrorist attack, riot? Are Human rights in danger? . ---- Num Action Sim Title 131 0.37 Letters to the Editor: Villanova Vilified 10/13/89 WALL STREET 267 0.37 What's News -- World-Wide 10/13/89 WALL STREET JOURNAL (J) 151 0.31 Letters to the Editor: People Aren't Happy In Man-Made Paradise 55 0.29 Radio Free Europe's Hungary Bureau Signals Changes in East-Bloc 115 0.27 REVIEW & OUTLOOK (Editorial): Colombia's Brave Publisher 10/13/ 166 0.27 International: U.S. Group Aided Arias's Costa Rica Foes --- Rep 19 0.25 The Sell-Off in Stocks: U.S. Response to Plunge In Market Bears 105 0.24 International -- Washington Insight: Seoul's Roh Comes to U.S. 122 0.24 The American Way of Buying: Shoppers' Blues: The Thrill Is Gone 123 0.23 EC, Switzerland Sign A Treaty on Access To Insurance Services 1 220 0.23 International: South Korea's Roh to Downplay Trade, Focus on Sh 180 0.23 River of Despair: Along the Rich Banks Of the Mississippi Live 5 0.21 What's News -- World-Wide 10/16/89 WALL STREET JOURNAL (J) 26 0.21 Letters to the Editor: C-Span Sees All as Lantos Heaps Scorn 10 164 0.20 Talking Baysball: The A's and Giants Have Scores to Settle --- 3 267 1 0 0 0 0.0923 3 131 2 0 0 0 0.0629 3 166 3 0 0 0 0.0526 3 145 4 0 0 0 0.0520 3 55 5 0 0 0 0.0509 3 123 6 0 0 0 0.0487 3 115 7 0 0 0 0.0478 3 26 8 0 0 0 0.0475 3 209 9 0 0 0 0.0464 3 151 10 0 0 0 0.0426 3 180 11 0 0 0 0.0417 3 164 12 0 0 0 0.0410 3 25 13 0 0 0 0.0410 3 165 14 0 0 0 0.0408 3 122 15 0 0 0 0.0401 Query 4: Which companies had losses recently? Which shares dropped? Are there any facing problems, financial, or legal? Risks of bankrupt? . ---- Num Action Sim Title 127 0.29 Cummins Announces Engine Piston Defects And Shares Tumble 10/13 80 0.24 Business Brief -- First Chicago Corp.: Third-Quarter Loss Poste 222 0.23 Abreast of the Market: Stock Prices Retreat Amid Worries Over E 226 0.22 Boise Cascade Net Falls; Willamette, Potlatch Post Gains ---- B 28 0.22 OTC Focus: Stock Prices Plummet, Trading Activity Escalates, Ph 116 0.22 Financing Business: Great American Communications Co. 10/13/89 88 0.21 Third-Period Net Seen at Keystone Consolidated ---- By Karen Bl 60 0.21 Canada Savings Bonds 10/16/89 WALL STREET JOURNAL (J) CANDA BON 95 0.20 Kysor Expects to Post Sharp Decline in Net 10/16/89 WALL STREET 82 0.20 What's News -- Business and Finance 10/16/89 WALL STREET JOURNA 260 0.19 What's News -- Business and Finance 10/13/89 WALL STREET JOURNA 149 0.19 Bank Earnings for 3rd Quarter to Sag, Reflecting Increased Loan 128 0.18 Profits of Big Steelmakers to Plummet Due to Soft Demand, Erodi 8 0.18 CityFed to Report At Least $125 Million Loss for 3rd Quarter 10 155 0.18 Aerospace Firms Still Are Caught In a Downswing --- Third-Perio 4 127 1 0 0 0 0.0761 4 28 2 0 0 0 0.0712 4 80 3 0 0 0 0.0693 4 60 4 0 0 0 0.0658 4 88 5 0 0 0 0.0642 4 222 6 0 0 0 0.0635 4 226 7 0 0 0 0.0615 4 64 8 0 0 0 0.0605 4 82 9 0 0 0 0.0600 4 83 10 0 0 0 0.0585 4 205 11 0 0 0 0.0554 4 155 12 0 0 0 0.0541 4 8 13 0 0 0 0.0537 4 141 14 0 0 0 0.0520 4 32 15 0 0 0 0.0519 Query 5: Which companies are devoted to computer viruses? What kind of attack are possible? What defense for such attacks? . ---- Num Action Sim Title 199 0.32 Enterprise: Computer Vaccines or Snake Oil? ---- By Michael Sel 207 0.29 Computer Virus Doesn't Cause Much Lost Sleep ---- A Wall Street 160 0.21 Marketing & Media: Miller Doesn't See Humor in T-Shirts Mocking 224 0.17 Soft-Drink Makers Are in Heated Battle In the Philippines --- P 166 0.17 International: U.S. Group Aided Arias's Costa Rica Foes --- Rep 118 0.17 Matra Unit Projects Strong Profit Gains; Share Offer Readied -- 158 0.16 We Just Wonder if Those Readers Are Using American-Made Copiers 56 0.15 It's Ba-ack] National Service 1989 --- Put Brakes on the Omnibu 25 0.15 The Sell-Off in Stocks: Now What? The Experts Tell Investors 'D 184 0.14 Technology: Nobel Prize in Chemistry Cites Discovery That Spawn 204 0.14 Washington Wire: A Special Weekly Report From The Wall Street J 109 0.13 McDonnell Douglas Contract 10/13/89 WALL STREET JOURNAL (J) MD 264 0.13 Technology: Tandem Plans to Unveil New Mainframe Computers 10/1 26 0.13 Letters to the Editor: C-Span Sees All as Lantos Heaps Scorn 10 165 0.12 The Americas: Most Panamanians Stop Waiting for U.S. Godot ---- 5 199 1 0 0 0 0.1204 5 207 2 0 0 0 0.1095 5 56 3 0 0 0 0.0671 5 184 4 0 0 0 0.0609 5 160 5 0 0 0 0.0530 5 224 6 0 0 0 0.0458 5 166 7 0 0 0 0.0444 5 158 8 0 0 0 0.0437 5 61 9 0 0 0 0.0405 5 25 10 0 0 0 0.0383 5 159 11 0 0 0 0.0381 5 193 12 0 0 0 0.0368 5 204 13 0 0 0 0.0349 5 140 14 0 0 0 0.0338 5 118 15 0 0 0 0.0330 Query 6: What advertising campaigns have been launched recently? In which media? What is the cost of TV ads? Is it better to advertise in magazines or radio? . ---- Num Action Sim Title 90 0.54 'Talking Chip' Ad Speaks To Business Week Readers 10/16/89 WALL 86 0.53 Marketing & Media: U.S. News & World Report Editor Decides to R 176 0.49 Marketing & Media -- Advertising: Ms. to Be Published Without A 157 0.46 Marketing & Media: Bill Aims to Increase Canadian TV Programs O 160 0.40 Marketing & Media: Miller Doesn't See Humor in T-Shirts Mocking 126 0.31 Suzuki Motor Co.'s Anderson Is Named Top U.S. Sales Official 10 132 0.29 Indian Government's Use of Television Sparks Controversy as Ele 111 0.26 Ad Agencies to Post Higher Earnings, Analysts Believe ---- By T 55 0.24 Radio Free Europe's Hungary Bureau Signals Changes in East-Bloc 67 0.23 International: World Wire ---- Compiled by William Mathewson 10 10 0.23 La Boob Tube: Europe Complains About U.S. Shows --- But to Ente 224 0.21 Soft-Drink Makers Are in Heated Battle In the Philippines --- P 166 0.21 International: U.S. Group Aided Arias's Costa Rica Foes --- Rep 44 0.20 Marketing & Media: CBS Inc. Plans to Reduce Sajak Show to One H 186 0.20 Big Toy Firms To Post Gains For 3rd Quarter --- Revenue Unlikel 6 90 1 0 0 0 0.1468 6 86 2 0 0 0 0.1435 6 176 3 0 0 0 0.1422 6 157 4 0 0 0 0.1312 6 160 5 0 0 0 0.1186 6 132 6 0 0 0 0.0862 6 55 7 0 0 0 0.0747 6 126 8 0 0 0 0.0735 6 169 9 0 0 0 0.0624 6 67 10 0 0 0 0.0623 6 166 11 0 0 0 0.0611 6 44 12 0 0 0 0.0537 6 10 13 0 0 0 0.0476 6 111 14 0 0 0 0.0475 6 224 15 0 0 0 0.0456 Query 7: What companies, industries have stablished in China, and which is the economic and business situation? . ---- Num Action Sim Title 112 0.24 U.S. Banks' Involvement in China Loans Signals Willingness to R 19 0.20 The Sell-Off in Stocks: U.S. Response to Plunge In Market Bears 98 0.19 Hong Kong Toy Manufacturers Mull Other Plant Operations Outside 94 0.18 Manager's Journal: Real (Estate) Advantages of Down Markets --- 67 0.18 International: World Wire ---- Compiled by William Mathewson 10 246 0.17 Corrections & Amplifications: Xyvision Inc. 10/13/89 WALL STREE 261 0.16 Business Brief -- Bear, Stearns & Co.: Group Is Formed to Buy 8 143 0.14 Financing Business: Federal Industries Ltd. 10/13/89 WALL STREE 7 0.14 Economy: September Data Show Inflation Persisting As Energy Fue 153 0.13 Continental Health Mulls Restructuring, May Sell 2 Businesses 1 113 0.13 Some Managers See Demand Slipping, Dun Survey Shows ---- By Rob 236 0.12 International: World Wire ---- Compiled by William Mathewson 10 162 0.12 Gibbons, Green van Amerongen's Woes May Be a Portent for Buy-Ou 135 0.12 Foreign Exchange: Dollar Drifts Lower Amid Speculation Fed Is G 13 0.12 Inland Steel to Post Lower 3rd-Period Net 10/16/89 WALL STREET 7 112 1 0 0 0 0.1022 7 98 2 0 0 0 0.0727 7 67 3 0 0 0 0.0721 7 94 4 0 0 0 0.0584 7 238 5 0 0 0 0.0573 7 166 6 0 0 0 0.0545 7 7 7 1 0 0 0.0513 7 135 8 0 0 0 0.0462 7 220 9 0 0 0 0.0460 7 236 10 0 0 0 0.0457 7 162 11 0 0 0 0.0438 7 19 12 1 0 0 0.0426 7 163 13 0 0 0 0.0425 7 173 14 0 0 0 0.0419 7 141 15 0 0 0 0.0391