Document (#5504)

Author

Waller, W.G.
Kraft, D.H.

Title

¬A mathematical model of a weighted Boolean retrieval system

Source

Information processing and management. 15(1979), S.235-245

Year

1979

Abstract

The use of weights to denote a query representation and/or the indexing of a document is analysed as a generalization of a Boolean retrieval system. Criteria are given for the functions used to evaluate the relevance of the records to a specific query, including self-consistency. Various mechnaisms suggested in the literature for evaluating the relevance of records with regard to a given query are tested and found to be less than satisfactory. A new approach is suggested to avoid some of the perils of a weighted Boolean retrieval system

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