Retrieving Records from a Gigabyte of Text on a Minicomputer Using Statistical Ranking.

Harman, Donna; Candela, Gerald

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Publication Date: 1990

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Retrieving Records from a Gigabyte of Text on a Minicomputer Using Statistical Ranking.

Harman, Donna; Candela, Gerald

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v41 n8 p581-89 Dec 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, Online Searching, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Statistics, User Satisfaction (Information)

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Language: English

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