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ERIC Number: EJ263448
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1982-Mar
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Optimal Values of Recall and Precision.
Olafsen, Tore; Vokac, Libena
Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v33 n2 p92-96 Mar 1982
Demonstrates that if simple foundations of the cost structure are taken into consideration, high values of both precision and recall are not necessarily the goal when searching in an information system. Five figures and a reference list accompany the text. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Costs, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Measurement, Relevance (Information Retrieval)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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