Use the rank-based version of CombMNZ to combine the results of two search engines for a sample set of queries. Evaluate the combined ranking and compare its effectiveness to the two individual result...

Use the rank-based version of CombMNZ to combine the results of two search engines for a sample set of queries. Evaluate the combined ranking and compare its effectiveness to the two individual result lists.

Choose your favorite file-sharing application and find out how it works. Describe it and compare it to the P2P networks mentioned in this chapter.