Grid Information Retrieval: Multisearch

The Arctic Region Supercomputing Center (ARSC) is proud to present Multisearch, a Grid Information Retrieval (GIR) project focused on packaging software for GIR research. Past endeavours include the following:

• Summer 2007
  OGSA-DAI WSI 2.2 Middleware
  Tomcat
  Server-selection algorithms for improved performance
   
  
• Summer 2006
  Axis / Web Services
  Tomcat
  Multiple Merge Algorithms via the Servlet
   
  
• Summer 2005
  Perl scripts
  Naive Merge Algorithm
   
  

In 2008, Apache Hadoop will be used in conjunction with Apache Lucene and possibly Lemur Toolkit to make a distributed information retrieval package that has more flexibility and robustness than the previous work. This web site has been set up to review the facets of the software and compile common errors for later users.