Applying Informetric Characteristics of Databases to IR System File Design, Part I: Informetric Models.

Wolfram, Dietmar

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Publication Date: 1992

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Applying Informetric Characteristics of Databases to IR System File Design, Part I: Informetric Models.

Wolfram, Dietmar

Information Processing and Management, v28 n1 p121-33 1992

Examines how informetric characteristics of information retrieval (IR) system databases can be used to help system designers decide what type of file structures would provide the best performance. The development of appropriate models describing database contents is highlighted in this first part of a two-part study. (30 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Computer System Design, Database Design, Databases, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Indexing, Information Retrieval, Information Science, Library Catalogs, Library Schools, Literature Reviews, Mathematical Models, Online Catalogs, Statistical Distributions, Subject Index Terms

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Language: English

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