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  1. Losee, R.M.: ¬A Gray code based ordering for documents on shelves : classification for browsing and retrieval (1992) 0.03 
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    Abstract
    A document classifier places documents together in a linear arrangement for browsing or high-speed access by human or computerised information retrieval systems. Requirements for document classification and browsing systems are developed from similarity measures, distance measures, and the notion of subject aboutness. A requirement that documents be arranged in decreasing order of similarity as the distance from a given document increases can often not be met. Based on these requirements, information-theoretic considerations, and the Gray code, a classification system is proposed that can classifiy documents without human intervention. A measure of classifier performance is developed, and used to evaluate experimental results comparing the distance between subject headings assigned to documents given classifications from the proposed system and the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) system
  2. Losee, R.M.: How to study classification systems and their appropriateness for individual institutions (1995) 0.02 
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    Abstract
    Answers to questions concerning individual library decisions to adopt classification systems are important in understanding the efffectiveness of libraries but are difficult to provide. Measures of classification system performance are discussed, as are different methodologies that may be used to seek answers, ranging from formal or philosophical models to quantitative experimental techniques and qualitative methods
    Series
    Cataloging and classification quarterly; vol.19, nos.3/4
    Source
    Classification: options and opportunities. Ed.: A.R. Thomas
  3. Losee, R.M.: Improving collection browsing : small world networking and Gray code ordering (2017) 0.02 
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    Abstract
    Documents in digital and paper libraries may be arranged, based on their topics, in order to facilitate browsing. It may seem intuitively obvious that ordering documents by their subject should improve browsing performance; the results presented in this article suggest that ordering library materials by their Gray code values and through using links consistent with the small world model of document relationships is consistent with improving browsing performance. Below, library circulation data, including ordering with Library of Congress Classification numbers and Library of Congress Subject Headings, are used to provide information useful in generating user-centered document arrangements, as well as user-independent arrangements. Documents may be linearly arranged so they can be placed in a line by topic, such as on a library shelf, or in a list on a computer display. Crossover links, jumps between a document and another document to which it is not adjacent, can be used in library databases to allow additional paths that one might take when browsing. The improvement that is obtained with different combinations of document orderings and different crossovers is examined and applications suggested.
    Source
    Cataloging and classification quarterly. 55(2017) no.4, S.229-246
  4. Losee, R.M.: ¬The relative shelf location of circulated books : a study of classification, users, and browsing (1993) 0.01 
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    Abstract
    Patrons often browse through books organized by a library classification system, looking for books to use and possibly circulate. This research is an examination of the clustering of similar books provided by a classification system and ways in which the books that patrons circulate are clustered. Measures of classification system performance are suggested and used to evaluate two test collections. Regression formulas are derived describing the relationships among the number of areas in which books were found (the number of stops a patron makes when browsing), the distances across a cluster, and the average number of books a patron circulates. Patrons were found usually to make more stops than there were books found at their average stop. Consequences for full-text document systems and online catalogs are suggested
  5. Losee, R.M.: Seven fundamental questions for the science of library classification (1993) 0.01 
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    Abstract
    For classification to advance to the point where optimal systems may be developed for manual or automated use, it will be necessary for a science of document or library classification to be developed. Seven questions are posed which the author feels must be answered before such optimal systems can be developed. Suggestions are made as to the forms that answers to these questions might take
  6. Losee, R.M.; Haas, S.W.: Sublanguage terms : dictionaries, usage, and automatic classification (1995) 0.01 
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  7. Losee, R.M.: Text windows and phrases differing by discipline, location in document, and syntactic structure (1996) 0.01 
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    Abstract
    Knowledge of window style, content, location, and grammatical structure may be used to classify documents as originating within a particular discipline or may be used to place a document on a theory vs. practice spectrum. Examines characteristics of phrases and text windows, including their number, location in documents, and grammatical construction, in addition to studying variations in these window characteristics across disciplines. Examines some of the linguistic regularities for individual disciplines, and suggests families of regularities that may provide helpful for the automatic classification of documents, as well as for information retrieval and filtering applications
  8. Losee, R.M.: Browsing document collections : automatically organizing digital libraries and hypermedia using the Gray code (1997) 0.01 
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    Abstract
    Relevance and economic feedback may be used to produce an ordering of documents that supports browsing in hypermedia and digital libraries. Document classification based on the Gray code provides paths through the entire collection, each path traversing each node in the set of documents exactly once. Examines systems organizing document based on weighted and unweighted Gray codes. Relevance feedback is used to conceptually organize the collection for an individual to browse, based on that individual's interests and information needs, as reflected by their relevance judgements and user supplied economic preferences. Applies Bayesian learning theory to estimating the characteristics of documents of interest to the user and supplying an analytic model of browsing performance, based on minimising the Expected Browsing Distance. Economic feedback may be used to change the ordering of documents to benefit the user. Using these techniques, a hypermedia or digital library may order any and all available documents, not just those examined, based on the information provided by the searcher or people with similar interests
  9. Losee, R.M.: Decisions in thesaurus construction and use (2007) 0.01 
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    Abstract
    A thesaurus and an ontology provide a set of structured terms, phrases, and metadata, often in a hierarchical arrangement, that may be used to index, search, and mine documents. We describe the decisions that should be made when including a term, deciding whether a term should be subdivided into its subclasses, or determining which of more than one set of possible subclasses should be used. Based on retrospective measurements or estimates of future performance when using thesaurus terms in document ordering, decisions are made so as to maximize performance. These decisions may be used in the automatic construction of a thesaurus. The evaluation of an existing thesaurus is described, consistent with the decision criteria developed here. These kinds of user-focused decision-theoretic techniques may be applied to other hierarchical applications, such as faceted classification systems used in information architecture or the use of hierarchical terms in "breadcrumb navigation".
  10. Willis, C.; Losee, R.M.: ¬A random walk on an ontology : using thesaurus structure for automatic subject indexing (2013) 0.00 
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    Abstract
    Relationships between terms and features are an essential component of thesauri, ontologies, and a range of controlled vocabularies. In this article, we describe ways to identify important concepts in documents using the relationships in a thesaurus or other vocabulary structures. We introduce a methodology for the analysis and modeling of the indexing process based on a weighted random walk algorithm. The primary goal of this research is the analysis of the contribution of thesaurus structure to the indexing process. The resulting models are evaluated in the context of automatic subject indexing using four collections of documents pre-indexed with 4 different thesauri (AGROVOC [UN Food and Agriculture Organization], high-energy physics taxonomy [HEP], National Agricultural Library Thesaurus [NALT], and medical subject headings [MeSH]). We also introduce a thesaurus-centric matching algorithm intended to improve the quality of candidate concepts. In all cases, the weighted random walk improves automatic indexing performance over matching alone with an increase in average precision (AP) of 9% for HEP, 11% for MeSH, 35% for NALT, and 37% for AGROVOC. The results of the analysis support our hypothesis that subject indexing is in part a browsing process, and that using the vocabulary and its structure in a thesaurus contributes to the indexing process. The amount that the vocabulary structure contributes was found to differ among the 4 thesauri, possibly due to the vocabulary used in the corresponding thesauri and the structural relationships between the terms. Each of the thesauri and the manual indexing associated with it is characterized using the methods developed here.
  11. Losee, R.M.: Determining information retrieval and filtering performance without experimentation (1995) 0.00 
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    Date
    22. 2.1996 13:14:10

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