Pyndri: a Python Interface to the Indri Search Engine
Christophe Van Gysel, Evangelos Kanoulas, Maarten de Rijke

TL;DR
Pyndri is a Python interface that enables easy access to Indri search engine indexes, facilitating reproducible and efficient information retrieval research in Python.
Contribution
It provides a new Python interface to Indri, allowing access to indexes and query evaluation, promoting open and reproducible IR research.
Findings
Enables access to Indri indexes from Python
Supports dictionary, tokenized documents, and query evaluation
Aims to accelerate IR research and reproducibility
Abstract
We introduce pyndri, a Python interface to the Indri search engine. Pyndri allows to access Indri indexes from Python at two levels: (1) dictionary and tokenized document collection, (2) evaluating queries on the index. We hope that with the release of pyndri, we will stimulate reproducible, open and fast-paced IR research.
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TopicsTopic Modeling · Image Retrieval and Classification Techniques · Advanced Text Analysis Techniques
