UNCONVENTIONAL TEXT RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS
Ankie Visschedijk
(BBC Scotland, Queen Margaret Drive, Glasgow G12 8DG, UK)
Forbes Gibb
(Department of Information Science, Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, 26 Richmond Street, Glasgow G1 1XH, UK)
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Abstract
This article reviews some of the more unconventional text retrieval systems, emphasising those which have been commercialised. These sophisticated systems improve on conventional retrieval by using either innovative software or hardware to increase retrieval speed or functionality, precision or recall. The software systems reviewed are: AIDA, CLARIT, Metamorph, SIMPR, STATUS/IQ, TCS, TINA and TOPIC. The hardware systems reviewed are: CAFS‐ISP, the Connection Machine, GESCAN,HSTS,MPP, TEXTRACT, TRW‐FDF and URSA.
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Citation
Visschedijk, A. and Gibb, F. (1993), "UNCONVENTIONAL TEXT RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS", Online and CD-Rom Review, Vol. 17 No. 1, pp. 11-23. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb024418
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1993, MCB UP Limited