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Savoy, Jacques – Information Processing and Management, 1994
Proposes a new learning algorithm to improve the retrieval effectiveness of the search system used in the hypertext environment using an extended Boolean model with links to improve the ranking of retrieved items. Highlights include the basic retrieval scheme, the learning scheme, and a review of basic probabilistic retrieval models. (Contains 32…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Database Design, Databases, Hypermedia

Shen, Sheldon – Information Processing and Management, 1988
Describes a model for a front end query processor to deal with incomplete information in a database. The effectiveness of the processor in restricting the number of objects to be processed in a query and in aiding the interpretation of a query is discussed. (26 references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computational Linguistics, Databases, Mathematical Formulas

Agrawal, Divyakant; El Abbadi, Amr – Information Systems, 1995
Proposes a new lock primitive called ordered sharing that allows increased concurrency in database systems. Reliability and performance issues of the proposed protocol are addressed, a simulation study that demonstrates that ordered sharing results in improved performance in database systems is described; and use in several representative database…
Descriptors: Databases, Mathematical Formulas, Models, Performance

Bartell, Brian T.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1995
Discussion of the failure of individual keywords to identify conceptual content of documents in retrieval systems highlights Metric Similarity Modeling, a method for creating vector space representation of documents based on modeling target interdocument similarity values. Semantic relatedness, latent semantic indexing, an indexing and retrieval…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Databases, Documentation, Indexing

Egghe, L. – Information Processing and Management, 1988
Presents a mathematical theory that can be used to define concentration places of objects within unordered classes. The application to research on the evolution of journals and subject areas is illustrated, and an online method of calculating concentration evolution is described. (1 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Bibliometrics, Classification, Databases

Eastman, 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

Bedecarrax, Chantal; Huot, Charles – Information Processing and Management, 1994
Presents the theoretical aspects of a data analysis methodology that can help transform sequential raw data from a database into useful information, using the statistical analysis of patents as an example. Topics discussed include relational analysis and a technology watch approach. (Contains 17 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Databases, Information Utilization, Mathematical Formulas

Danilowicz, Czeslaw – Information Processing and Management, 1994
Discusses end-user searching in Boolean information retrieval systems considers the role of search intermediaries and proposes a model of user preferences that incorporates a user's profile. Highlights include document representation; information queries; document output ranking; calculating user profiles; and selecting documents for a local…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Information Retrieval

Todeschini, Claudio; Farrell, Michael P. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1989
Describes an expert system that can identify documents erroneously categorized by indexers working within a prior category scheme. The discussion covers the results of a test of the system and its implications for automatic indexing systems. (14 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Expert Systems, Indexing, Mathematical Formulas

Wilbur, W. John – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1992
Describes a procedure for information retrieval testing that is based on the comparison of statistically independent methods of retrieval applied to the same database. The probability ranking principle is discussed, the statistical meaning of relevance is examined, and the methodology is illustrated on a large database of MEDLINE records. (19…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Information Retrieval, Mathematical Formulas

Bookstein, Abraham; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1992
Discusses the problems of compressing a large textual database for storage on CD-ROM. A text-compression algorithm is presented, new algorithms for compression of indices are described, and the ARTFL (American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language) database is used as an example. (14 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Coding, Full Text Databases, Indexes

Ellis, David; And Others – Journal of Documentation, 1994
Describes a study in which several different sets of hypertext links are inserted by different people in full-text documents. The degree of similarity between the sets is measured using coefficients and topological indices. As in comparable studies of inter-indexer consistency, the sets of links used by different people showed little similarity.…
Descriptors: Full Text Databases, Hypermedia, Information Retrieval, Mathematical Formulas

Pearce, Claudia; Nicholas, Charles – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1996
Presents experimentation results for the TELLTALE system, a dynamic hypertext environment that provides full-text search from a hypertext-style user interface for text corpora that may be garbled by OCR (optical character recognition) or transmission errors, and that may contain languages other than English. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Character Recognition, Full Text Databases, Hypermedia, Information Retrieval

Nishimoto, Hideki; Ura, Shoji – Information Processing and Management, 1989
Describes an interface mechanism called "complex view support" to be used with a relational database system (RDBS) in supporting increasingly complex distributed environments in automated library systems. The interface system refers queries to multidimensional tables as well as to flat tables on RDBS and is shown to efficiently support…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Database Management Systems, Information Retrieval, Library Automation

Bell, D. A.; And Others – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1990
Investigates the value of applying principles derived from simulated annealing to clustering tuples in database design, and compares this technique with a graph-collapsing clustering method. It is concluded that, while the new method does give superior results, the expense involved in algorithm run time is prohibitive. (24 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Comparative Analysis, Computer Simulation, Cost Effectiveness
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