Communications of the ACM · 1961 · 46 citations · 1 references
ComputingComputer ScienceInformation SystemsInformation RetrievalBoolean AlgebraBoolean OperationsEvaluation Of Retrieval SystemsRetrieval ModelsSearch SystemsBoolean FunctionsInformation Retrieval EvaluationMinimization Of Boolean FunctionsQuery EvaluationRetrieval SystemsSearch Efficiency Metrics
In this note we attempt to point out why boolean functions are, in general, not applicable in information retrieval systems.
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On Relevance, Probabilistic Indexing and Information Retrieval
M. E. Maron, J. L. Kuhns · Journal of the ACM · 1960 · 901 citations · Full text