Document (#6190)

Author

Keen, E.M.

Title

Some aspects of proximity searching in text retrieval systems

Source

Journal of information science. 18(1992), S.89-98

Year

1992

Abstract

Describes and evaluates the proximity search facilities in external online systems and in-house retrieval software. Discusses and illustrates capabilities, syntax and circumstances of use. Presents measurements of the overheads required by proximity for storage, record input time and search time. The search strategy narrowing effect of proximity is illustrated by recall and precision test results. Usage and problems lead to a number of design ideas for better implementation: some based on existing Boolean strategies, one on the use of weighted proximity to automatically produce ranked output. A comparison of Boolean, quorum and proximate term pairs distance is included

Theme

Retrievalstudien
Suchtaktik

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