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
Collection, Input Evaluation of Individual Requests
and Type, Based on
Thesaurus Average Rank Phrases Thesaurus Both
Superior Superior Equal
IRE-3, Abstract, First Rel. 4 11.8% 4 11.8% 26 76.5%
Second Rel. 4 11.8% 8 23.5% 22 64.7%
Thesaurus-3, 34 Requests Last Rel. 16 47.1% 14 41.2% 4 11.8%
CRAN-l, Abstract, First Rel. 10 23.8% 12 28.6% 20 47.6%
Second Rel.: 10 24.4% 15 36.6% 16 39.0%
Thesaurus-3, 42 Requests Last Rel. 13 31.0% 16 38.1% 13 31.0%
ADI, Text, Thesaurus-i First Rel. 3 8.6% 7 20.0% 25 71.4%
Second Rel.t 12 38.7% 4 12.9% 15 48.4%
35 Requests Last Rel. 12 34.3% 13 37.1% 10 28.6%
Hierarchy Thesaurus Both
Superior Superior Equal
11Parent 5"
First Rel. 5 14.7% 2 5.9% 27 79.4%
Second Rel. 7 20.6% 7 20.6% 20 58.8%
IRE-3, Abstract, Last Rel. 15 44.1% 19 55.9% 0 -
Thesaurus-3, 34 Requests `1A11 Relations"
First Rel. 6 17.6% 5 14.7% 23 67.6%
Second Rel. 6 17.6% 13 38.2% 15 44.1%
Last Rel. 13 38.2% 21 61.8% 0 -
*:b In the Cran-1 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 Individ[OCRerr]a1 Request Merit giving the Number of Requests Favoring
Thesaurus and Phrases, and Thesaurus and Hierarchy, according
to Merit Assigned by the Average Ranks given in Fig. 25
Fig. 26