The evaluation of large information retrieval systems with application to MEDLARS

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dc.contributor.author	Miller, W.L.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2014-02-11T16:40:36Z	-
dc.date.available	2014-02-11T16:40:36Z	-
dc.date.issued	1970	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10443/2019	-
dc.description	PhD Thesis	en_US
dc.description.abstract	The MEDLARS system consists of a large file of indexed references with facilities for retrieving all references indexed by a specified combination of index terms. Were the file small the retrieval performance of the system could be evaluated by as king a number of system users to inspect the entire file arid to compare the references they selected as relevant to their needs with the reference by a MEDLARS search. Since the file is large this is not possible. MEDLARS performance is therefore evaluated by measuring the change in the user's literature awareness induced by the system, and by comparing the standard system with three alternative retrieval techniques.	en_US
dc.description.sponsorship	Science Research Council Studentship: Posrgruduate Bursury, Edinburgh University.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Newcastle University	en_US
dc.title	The evaluation of large information retrieval systems with application to MEDLARS	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
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