Measuring the Performance of a Merging Algorithm: Mismatches, Missed-Matches, and Overlap in Israel's Union List.

Meir, Daniel D.; Lazinger, Susan S.

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Publication Date: 1998

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Measuring the Performance of a Merging Algorithm: Mismatches, Missed-Matches, and Overlap in Israel's Union List.

Meir, Daniel D.; Lazinger, Susan S.

Information Technology and Libraries, v17 n3 p116-23 Sep 1998

Reports on a survey measuring the performance of a merging algorithm used to generate the now-defunct ULM (Union List of Monographs) file for ALEPH, Israel's research library network. Discusses automatic detection and merging of duplicate bibliographic records, problems created by lack of a standard for Hebrew spelling, and methods for measuring the performance of merging algorithms. (PEN)

Descriptors: Algorithms, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Data Processing, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Hebrew, Library Automation, Library Networks, Measurement Techniques, Monographs, Research Libraries, Surveys, Union Catalogs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Israel

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