A Probabilistic Search Strategy for MEDLARS.

Miller, William L.

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Publication Date: 1971

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A Probabilistic Search Strategy for MEDLARS

Miller, William L.

Journal of Documentation, 27, 4, 254-266, Dec 71

Causes of Boolean failures to retrieve relevant MEDLARS index references are: search formulator failed to include important terms, indexer failed to include important terms, and misunderstanding of user's needs. On the evidence of this test the Probabilistic search is at least a partial solution to these problems. (8 references) (Author/NH)

Descriptors: Indexes, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Medicine, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Search Strategies

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