Automatic Ranked Output from Boolean Searches in SIRE.

Noreault, Terry; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ179502

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Publication Date: 1977

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Automatic Ranked Output from Boolean Searches in SIRE

Noreault, Terry; And Others

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 28, 6, 333-9, Nov 77

This study examined the effectiveness using an automatic algorithm to rank the results of Boolean searches of an inverted file design document retrieval system. Relevant documents were ranked significantly higher than nonrelevant documents on output lists. (Author/KP)

Descriptors: Algorithms, Costs, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Program Effectiveness, Relevance (Information Retrieval)

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