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Parallel Computing in Information Retrieval--An Updated Review.
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Macfarlane, A.; And Others – Journal of Documentation, 1997
Reviews the progress of parallel computing in information retrieval (IR) and stresses the importance of the motivation in using parallel computing for text retrieval. Analyzes parallel IR systems using a classification defined by Rasmussen; describes retrieval models used in parallel information processing; and suggests areas of needed research.…
Descriptors: Classification, Information Processing, Information Retrieval, Models
An Information-Space Model for the Development and Application of Computer-Based Tools in Information Creation and Dissemination.
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Ashford, John – Journal of Documentation, 1997
Examines Boisot's model of information processes and information economics based on information space in three dimensions (I-space). I-space is used as a framework to explain the success of computer-based tools in information scanning and dissemination, and their failure to support problem areas in the process of knowledge creation, especially…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computers, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Text
Cybersemiotics: A New Interdisciplinary Development Applied to the Problems of Knowledge Organization and Document Retrieval in Information Science.
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Brier, Soren – Journal of Documentation, 1996
Explains an interdisciplinary framework for library information science, especially information retrieval, which considers sociocultural context of search terms in a way that the cognitivist information processing paradigm does not. Limitations of cognitivist information processing conceptions are discussed, as well as the possible effects of the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Context Effect, Cultural Context, Information Processing