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Craven, Timothy C. – Information Processing and Management, 1988
Presents a methodology for extending string indexing from index display production to the provision of descriptor phrases for term proximity searching. Objectives of the extension are discussed, and an illustration of the use of an existing string indexing system for this purpose is given. (14 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer Software, Indexing, Online Searching
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Spiegler, Israel; Elata, Smadar – Information Processing and Management, 1988
Presents a model for the a priori analysis of natural language queries which uses an algorithm to transform the query into a logical pattern that is used to determine the answerability of the query. The results of testing by a prototype system implemented in PROLOG are discussed. (20 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computational Linguistics, Databases, Information Retrieval