IRS13
Scientific Report No. IRS-13 Information Storage and Retrieval
Test Environment
chapter
E. M. Keen
Harvard University
Gerard Salton
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FIRST RELEVANT SECOND RELEVANT LAST RELE
ECTION AND Number of I I I
CT IONARY Average % of Average % of Average
Documents Requests Rank Collection Rank Collection Rank Co
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tracts, Thesaurus-3 780 34 5.2 0.7% 11.2 I 1.4% 251.8
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tracts, Thesaurus-3 200 I 42 4.5 i 2.3% 9.7 I 4.9% 65.5 I
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tracts, Thesaurus-l 82 35 4.3 i 5.2% 12.2 14.9% 34.5 I
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Comparison of the Three Collections using Average Rank Positions of the First, Second and
Last Relevant Documents, Thesaurus Dictionary
Fig. 24