Belief Function Model for Information Retrieval.

Silva, Wagner Teixeira da; Milidiu, Ruy Luiz

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ERIC Number: EJ457843

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Publication Date: 1993

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Belief Function Model for Information Retrieval.

Silva, Wagner Teixeira da; Milidiu, Ruy Luiz

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v44 n1 p10-18 Jan 1993

Describes the Belief Function Model for automatic indexing and ranking of documents which is based on a controlled vocabulary and on term frequencies in each document. Belief Function Theory is explained, and the Belief Function Model is compared to the Standard Vector Space Model. (17 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Comparative Analysis, Documentation, Information Retrieval, Mathematical Formulas, Models, Probability, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Semantics, Subject Index Terms, Thesauri

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Language: English

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