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Peer reviewedMartin, T. Patrick; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1990
Describes a model for the workload of a full text retrieval system and of a simulation model for a version of an existing system called Full/Text. The effectiveness of various data caching strategies using the 2 models are explored, and the impact of various parameters on the strategies are evaluated. (13 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Simulation, Documentation, Full Text Databases
Peer reviewedSlamecka, Vladimir; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1986
Presents a performance analysis of Egyptian National Scientific and Technical Information Network's retrospective database search service. Statistics regarding service demand, trends, characteristics of searches, search results, U.S. database usage, service turn-around time, and costs are tabulated to profile the evolution and performance of a…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Databases
