Retrieval effectiveness of proper name search methods

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 667-679

  Pfeifer, Ulrich ^a   Poersch, Thomas ^a   Fuhr, Norbert ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERROR DETECTION; ONLINE SEARCHING;

PROPER NAME SEARCH METHODS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0030290473     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4573(96)00042-8     Document Type: Article

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