Find, filter, and retrieve from the Web ocean [book review]

The article is a review of the book: Knowledge-Based Information Retrieval and Filtering from the Web by Witold Abramowiecz (editor) and published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003. The book presents trends and technologies in information filtering and retrieval, offering a complete overview of this field. Editor Witold Abramowicz has gathered a team of this subject´s leading international researchers. In the exhaustive preface, he introduces the world of information filtering and retrieval as one that can be overwhelming. He outlines the significance of the tools developed in this field-tools created to make our jobs, decision making, and daily lives easier. The reviewer concludes that the book isn´t an easy read. To understand it, you need a sound background in information and Internet techniques, math, and logic. For someone familiar with this subject, the book will be valuable, but it´s definitely not for beginners.