IRS13
Scientific Report No. IRS-13 Information Storage and Retrieval
Thesaurus, Phrase and Hierarchy Dictionaries
chapter
E. M. Keen
Harvard University
Gerard Salton
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Number and Percentage
Evaluation, of Individual Requests
Based on
Collection, Input Average Rank, Thesaurus Stem Both
and Thesaurus Type Fig. 14 Superior Superio[OCRerr] Equal
IRE-3, Abstract First Rel. 5 14.7% 5 14.7% 24 70.6%
Second Rel. 11 32.4% 4 11.8% 19 55.9%
(Thesaurus-3), 34 Requests Last Rel. 27 79.4% 7 20.6% 0 -
CRAN-1, Abstract First Rel. 12 28.6% 9 21.4% 11 26.2%
Second Rel.* 14 34.1% 12 29.3% 15 36.6%
(Thesaurus-3), 42 Requests Last Rel. 24 57.1% 15 35.7% 7 16.7%
First Rel. 15 35.7% 7 16.7% 20 47.6%
CRAN-l, Indexing, Second Rel.* 21 51.2% 7 17.1% 13 31.7%
(Thesaurus-2), 42 Requests LastRel. 18 42.9% 21 50.0% 3 7.1%
First Rel. 17 48.6% 6 17.1% 12 34.3%
ADI, Text, Second Rel.t 16 51.6% 8 25.8% 7 22.6%
(Thesaurus-l), 35 Requests Last Rel. 20 57.1% 13 37.1% 2 5.7%
First Rel. 19 54.3% 7 20.0% 9 25.7%
ADI, Abstract, Second Rel.i 16 51.6% 11 35.5% 4 12.9%
(Thesaurus-i), 35 Requests Last Rel. 20 57.1% 13 37.1% 2 5.7%
* In the Cran-l Collection,
1 request has no second relevant, so results
are based on 41 requests.
In the ADI Collection, 4 requests have no second relevant, so results are
based on 31 requests.
Comparison of Individual Request Merit Giving the Numbers
of Requests Favoring Stem and Thesaurus on Five Runs in Three
Collections, according to Merit Assigned by the Average Ranks
given in Figure 14
Fig. 15