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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Collection Average Rank of Relevant
and Input Dictionary First Second Last
Thesaurus-3 5.2 11.2 251.8
IRE-3 Phrases 4.6 10.4 235.2
Abstract Hierarchy - Parents 1.6 6.2 208.3
Hierarchy - All Relations 1.3 10.1 209.4
CRAN-l Thesaurus-3 4.5 9.7 66.2*
Abstract Phrases 4.5 10.8 66.9
ADI Thesaurus-l 5.0 10.7 33.7
Text Phrases 5.7 9.9 33.9
* This result differs somewhat from that given in Fig.
this comparison requires the use of output assigning
different rank in cases of tied rank positions
14 because
a slightly
Comparison of Thesaurus with Phrases and Thesaurus with Hierarchy
Using the Average Rank Positions of the First,
Second and Last Ranked Relevant Documents.
Fig. 25