A statistical interpretation of term specificity and its application in retrieval

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 493-502

  Spärck Jones, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 8844259729     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410410560573     Document Type: Article

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