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Peer reviewedShaw, W. M., Jr. – Information Processing and Management, 1993
Describes a study conducted on the cystic fibrosis (CF) database, a subset of MEDLINE, that investigated clustering structure and the effectiveness of cluster-based retrieval as a function of the exhaustivity of the uncontrolled subject descriptions. Results are compared to calculations for controlled descriptions based on Medical Subject Headings…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Cluster Analysis, Cluster Grouping, Comparative Analysis
