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Peer reviewedHarman, Donna; Candela, Gerald – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1990
Describes the advantages of a prototype retrieval system that uses statistically based ranked retrieval of records rather than traditional boolean methods, especially for end users. Several new techniques are also discussed including bit mapping, pruning, methods of building inverted files, and types of search engine. (26 references) (EAM)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Automatic Indexing, Bibliographic Databases, Minicomputers
