The Measurement of Term Importance in Automatic Indexing.

Salton, G.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ244353

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Publication Date: 1981-May

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The Measurement of Term Importance in Automatic Indexing.

Salton, G.; And Others

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v32 n3 p175-86 May 1981

Reviews major term-weighting theories, presents methods for estimating the relevance properties of terms based on their frequency characteristics in a document collection, and compares weighting systems using term relevance properties with more conventional frequency-based methodologies. Eighteen references are cited. (Author/FM)

Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Bibliographies, Information Retrieval, Methods, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Research Methodology, Word Frequency

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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