IRS13
Scientific Report No. IRS-13 Information Storage and Retrieval
Test Environment
chapter
E. M. Keen
Harvard University
Gerard Salton
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Concepts in
Associations Proved
Request Document
by Concon
Cylinder + Friction Cylinder Cylinder
Cylinder + Length Known Friction
Known + Kernel Along Length
Along + Blade Etc. Unit
Function
Unit + Cylinder
Velocity
Function + Kernel
Etc.
Velocity + Blade
(a) Section from con-
con pair associ-
ation list
Request Expanded
with Concon
(b) Selection of con-
cepts in request
and document with-
out concon
Document Expanded
with Concon
(Cylinder) + Friction [OCRerr] Friction
(Cylinder) + Length [OCRerr]
Cylinder
(Known) + Kernel
(Along) + Blade
Known
Along
Etc.
Recall device effect
Length
Cylinder
T {[OCRerr]ylinder (Unit)
i Kernel + (Function)
i Blade + (Velocity)
1 Unit
I Function
I Velocity
I Etc.
First order
[OCRerr]matches (type A:c)
}First order
match (type Bt)
Second order
)`natches
[OCRerr]precision device effect
(c) Selection of the request and document concepts using concon, with
five matches of three types generated
Illustration of Recall and Precision Device Effect of Concon
Fig. 7