SP500207 NIST Special Publication 500-207: The First Text REtrieval Conference (TREC-1) Text Retrieval with the TRW Fast Data Finder chapter M. Mettler National Institute of Standards and Technology Donna K. Harman TABLE I - TRW TREC Results for the Routing Topics * Relevant Retr. 200 TRW TRW Qry Rel. Best Median Worst Rel Submit Description ol 216 62 30 0 49 200 Pending Antitrust 02 384 72 43 1 72 200 Foreign Acquistions 03 431 167 84 8 161 200 US-Japan Joint Vent. 04 48 33 18 2 10 49 Debt Rescheduling Os 150 116 38 10 80 141 Japanese Dumping 06 137 78 45 15 44 200 Debt Relief 07 169 87 63 1 63 200 US Budget Deficit 08 159 43 18 3 28 72 Econimic Projection 09 638 117 87 8 91 200 Candidate Sightings 10 233 153 110 15 153 188 AIDS Treatments 11 196 89 52 7 35 128 Space Program 12 262 103 54 4 75 200 Water Pollution 13 112 111 46 5 111 113 Mitsubishi Heavy 14 203 85 48 0 46 56 Drug Approval 15 624 114 80 17 89 200 CEOs 16 88 44 24 1 1 13 Mkt Agrochemicals 17 303 154 81 0 33 58 Agrochemical Cntls 18 147 61 31 2 41 147 Japan Stock Trends 19 985 161 1Q2 74 85 140 Global Stock Trends 20 403 178 124 5 161 178 Patent Infringement 21 47 44 35 0 12 29 Superconductors 22 466 162 120 14 32 45 Counternarcotics 23 100 74 41 5 37 54 Legal Problems 24 345 113 59 11 11 21 Medical Technology 25 71 34 14 0 15 36 Chernobyl Effects 26 313 122 49 1 47 122 Multimedia Stds 27 232 109 91 10 80 200 Al in business 28 332 89 47 14 89 200 ATT in Comp/Comm 29 142 79 13 0 79 200 Foreign Acq ATT Tech 30 269 92 48 17 57 88 OS/2 Problems 31 156 66 31 0 36 200 OS/2 Advantages 32 119 52 15 0 6 12 Outsourcing 33 462 147 71 17 71 200 Doc Mngt Capable 34 303 129 104 6 107 200 ISDN Entities 35 270 139 113 0 98 200 Postscript Alts 36 158 110 50 0 10 11 Optical Disk Tech 37 409 189 158 19 158 200 SAA Components 38 810 169 120 37 98 156 Mini/Main Roles 39 501 184 117 24 142 156 Client-Server Plans 40 800 150 121 16 87 200 IS Impact on Orgs 41 144 34 11 0 31 200 Comp/Coinm Upgrade 42 696 131 92 10 92 112 End User Computing 43 125 Al Conferences 44 241 105 35 1 105 200 Layoffs at Companies 45 304 103 71 0 103 200 CASE Suceed/Fail 46 51 40 31 9 30 200 Virus Outbreaks 47 237 80 35 2 80 200 Contract > $1 mil 48 189 48 28 2 17 40 Purch Comm Equip 49 139 65 56 4 44 131 Who's in Supercomp 50 26 12 1 0 4 5 Virtual Reality 313