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ERIC Number: EJ476376
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1994
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8231
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The Effects of Noisy Data on Text Retrieval.
Taghva, Kazem; And Others
Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v45 n1 p50-58 Jan 1994
Discusses the use of optical character recognition (OCR) for inputting documents in an information retrieval system and describes a study that used an OCR-generated database and its corresponding corrected version to examine query evaluation in the presence of noisy data. Scanning technology, recognition technology, and retrieval technology are discussed. (Contains 19 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Character Recognition, Data Processing, Databases, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Information Technology, Optical Scanners
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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