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Keen, E. Michael – Journal of Documentation, 1991
Discusses term position as a search tactic in Boolean retrieval systems and describes ranked output systems that have used term weighting. The use of term proximity devices in ranked output systems is proposed, the algorithms used are explained, and a search experiment with a test collection is described. (19 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Online Searching, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Search Strategies