SP500207
NIST Special Publication 500-207: The First Text REtrieval Conference (TREC-1)
Text Retrieval with the TRW Fast Data Finder
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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
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