A Mathematical Model of a Weighted Boolean Retrieval System.

Waller, W. G.; Kraft, Donald H.

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Publication Date: 1979

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A Mathematical Model of a Weighted Boolean Retrieval System.

Waller, W. G.; Kraft, Donald H.

Information Processing and Management, v15 n5 p235-45 1979

Analyzes the use of weights to denote a query representation and/or the indexing of a document as a generalization of a Boolean retrieval system. Criteria are given for the functions used to evaluate the relevance of the records to a specific query and a new evaluation approach is suggested. (CWM)

Descriptors: Algorithms, Evaluation Criteria, Information Processing, Information Retrieval, Information Storage, Mathematical Models, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Search Strategies, Subject Index Terms

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