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Peer reviewedEastman, Caroline M. – Information Processing and Management, 1989
Compares the performance of inverted and signature file organizations in handling incrementally specified Boolean queries to an information retrieval system. The discussion covers the impact of more sophisticated signature file organizations, related problems, and possible future work. (65 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Comparative Analysis, Database Management Systems, Information Retrieval
