Information Retrieval as a Trial-And-Error Process
Abstract
Recognition of the essential role of trial and error in access to scientific literature may point the way toward improved information services and may illuminate inconsistencies that have beset many retrieval experiments. This paper examines three important and well-known information retrieval experiments, with a focus on certain internal inconsistencies and on the high variability of search results. In these experiments, retrieval systems are...
Paper Details
Title
Information Retrieval as a Trial-And-Error Process
Published Date
Apr 1, 1977
Journal
Volume
47
Issue
2
Pages
128 - 148
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