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Pollock, Joseph J.; Zamora, Antonio – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1984
Describes system design proposed by the Spelling Error Detection Correction Project (SPEEDCOP) at Chemical Abstracts Service. Highlights include principles of detection/correction system; spelling error detection (the dictionary, suffix normalization, bypassing specialized word classes, document-level frequency threshold); spelling error…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Dictionaries, Error Patterns, Spelling

Lovins, Julie B. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1971
This paper deals with quantitative evaluation of the effects of erroneous performance by stemming and similar clustering algorithms in information retrieval systems. (Author)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Error Patterns, Evaluation, Information Retrieval

Lynch, Clifford A. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1988
Describes the unique reliability problems of very large databases that necessitate specialized techniques for hardware problem management. The discussion covers the use of controlled partial redundancy to improve reliability, issues in operating systems and database management systems design, and the impact of disk technology on very large…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer System Design, Database Management Systems, Databases