Performance analysis of filtering software using Signal Detection Theory

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1015-1028

  Deshmukh, Ashutosh ^a   Rajagopalan, Balaji ^b  

^a Penn State Erie   (United States)

^b OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency and effectiveness; Signal Detection Theory; Software filters

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS; SIGNAL DETECTION THEORY (SDT); SOFTWARE FILTERS;

DIGITAL LIBRARIES; ELECTRONIC COMMUNITIES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INTERNET; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL FILTERING AND PREDICTION;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 33749557611     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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