Extended Boolean information retrieval
Communications of the ACMPublished 1 November 1983Open access
Gerard Salton, Edward A. Fox, Harry Wu
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A new, extended Boolean information retrieval system is introduced which is intermediate between the Boolean system of query processing and the vector processing model, and Laboratory tests indicate that the extended system produces better retrieval output than either the Boolean or thevector processing systems.
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article Free Access Share on Extended Boolean information retrieval Authors: Gerard Salton Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NYView Profile , Edward A. Fox International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, Nigeria International Institute for Tropical Agriculture, Ibadan, NigeriaView Profile , Harry Wu ITT Programming Technology Center, Stratford, CT ITT Programming Technology Center, Stratford, CTView Profile Authors Info & Claims Communications of the ACMVolume 26Issue 11Nov. 1983pp 1022–1036https://doi.org/10.1145/182.358466Published:01 November 1983Publication History 729citation5,833DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations729Total Downloads5,833Last 12 Months624Last 6 weeks142 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF
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