An Experiment to Study the Use of Boolean Not Logic to Improve the Precision of Selective Dissemination of Information.

Scheffler, Frederic; And Others

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Publication Date: 1972

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An Experiment to Study the Use of Boolean Not Logic to Improve the Precision of Selective Dissemination of Information

Scheffler, Frederic; And Others

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 23, 1, 58-65, Jan-Feb 72

The use of Boolean not" logic in selective dissemination of information produced greater user satisfaction, less nonpertinent information, and no apparent decrease in the number of pertinent retrievals. (9 references) (SJ)

Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval, Relevance (Information Retrieval)

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