A theoretical study of recall and precision using a topological approach to information retrieval

Information Processing and Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 191-218

  Egghe, Leo ^a,b   Rousseau, Ronald ^b,c  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Katholieke Hogeschool Brugge Oostende   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SET THEORY; TOPOLOGY;

CLOSE MATCH SYSTEMS; RETRIEVAL TOPOLOGY; THRESHOLD SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032020898     PISSN: 03064573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4573(98)00007-7     Document Type: Article

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