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Using Nearest-Neighbour Searching Techniques to Access Full-Text Documents.
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Al-Hawamdeh, Suliman; And Others – Online Review, 1991
Describes a project at the University of Sheffield that is investigating the use of nearest-neighbor retrieval algorithms for full-text searching. Nearest-neighbor searching is compared with Boolean retrieval and hypertext, and an experimental text retrieval system called INSTRUCT (Interactive System for Teaching Retrieval Using Computational…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Comparative Analysis, Equations (Mathematics), Foreign Countries
Application and Effects of Linguistic Functions on Information Retrieval in a German Language Full-Text Database: Comparison between Retrieval in Abstract and Full Text.
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Tauchert, Wolfgang; And Others – Online Review, 1991
Describes the PADOK-II project in Germany, which was designed to give information on the effects of linguistic algorithms on retrieval in a full-text database, the German Patent Information System (GPI). Relevance assessments are discussed, statistical evaluations are described, and searches are compared for the full-text section versus the…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Algorithms, Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis
An Evaluation of Document Retrieval from Serial Files Using the ICL Distributed Array Processor.
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Pogue, Christine; Willett, Peter – Online Review, 1984
Describes preliminary investigation of the use of International Computers Limited's Distributed Array Processor (DAP) for parallel searching of large serial files of documents. DAP hardware and software, test collections, measurement of DAP performance, search algorithms, experimental results, and DAP suitability for interactive searching are…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Digital Computers