Performance Testing of a Book and Its Index as an Information Retrieval System.

Blair, David C.

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ERIC Number: EJ232532

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Publication Date: 1980-Jul

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Performance Testing of a Book and Its Index as an Information Retrieval System.

Blair, David C.

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v31 n4 p264-70 Jul 1980

Describes a method of measuring the retrieval performance of book indexes which requires human searchers to base their searching strategies on actual passages from the book rather than on test queries. (FM)

Descriptors: Books, Indexes, Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Measurement, Performance, Relevance (Information Retrieval), Search Strategies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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