A comparison between manual and automatic indexing methods

Gerard Salton

American Documentation, 1969, vol. 20, issue 1, 61-71

Abstract: The effectiveness of conventional document indexing is compared with that achievable by fully automatic text processing methods. Evaluation results are given for a comparison between the MEDLARS search system used at the National Library of Medicine and the experimental SMART system, and conclusions are reached concerning the design of future automatic information systems.

Date: 1969
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