ISR11 Scientific Report No. ISR-11 Information Storage and Retrieval Design Criteria for Automatic Information Systems chapter M. E. Lesk G. Salton Harvard University Gerard Salton Use, reproduction, or publication, in whole or in part, is permitted for any purpose of the United States Government. 1.0 2nd ITERATION .9 RELEVANCE FEEDBACK .8 .7 INITIAL QUERIES .6 1st ITERATION z 5 0 RELEVANCE FEEDBACK U)- 0 4 w (1 .3 .2 .1 I I I I I I I I I I .1 .2 .3 .4 .5 .6 .7 .8 .9 t.0 RECALL COMPARISON OF SIMPLE SEARCH WITH ITERATED SEARCH PROCESS (IRE - 2 AVERAGES OVER 24 REQUESTS) Fig. 15