Information Calculus for Information Retrieval.

van Rijsbergen, C. J.; Lalmas, M.

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ERIC Number: EJ523203

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Publication Date: 1996

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Information Calculus for Information Retrieval.

van Rijsbergen, C. J.; Lalmas, M.

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v47 n5 p385-98 May 1996

Discussion of information and information retrieval focuses on the connection between a calculus defined on channels and information retrieval, and proposes a model of an information retrieval system based on this calculus. Topics include conditionality, situation theory, the flow of information, channel theory, and four principles for an information theory. (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Calculus, Information Retrieval, Information Science, Information Theory, Information Transfer, Mathematical Formulas, Models

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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