Index

Research.

Versioned research objects used to define, stabilize, and cite the site's core models. These pages are meant to be durable references, not transient blog posts.

Canonical person page: /person/mikhail-drozdov. Evidence layer: /press.

Author identifiers: ORCID and Google Scholar. Authored book: Indexing-First Search Systems.

Why These Pages Matter
  • They give the site stable, citeable objects beyond normal article URLs.
  • They reduce ambiguity around authorship, versioning, and conceptual ownership.
  • They help connect the person, the platform, and the research claims into one graph.

Documents.

The Indexing-Visibility Gap (IVG): A Structural Model of Trust-Weighted Search Distribution
Version 1.1 - February 2026 (Updated) - Author: Mikhail Drozdov
A formal model explaining why indexing does not guarantee visibility and how trust-weighted distribution compresses or expands that gap.
Indexing-First Retrieval Dynamics in Hybrid Search Architectures
Version v1 - 2026-02-24 - Author: Mikhail Drozdov
A constraint-based framework showing how retrieval operates over an indexed subset of the document universe.