Accession Number:

AD0615763

Title:

TEXTIR: A NATURAL LANGUAGE INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM.

Descriptive Note:

Technical memo.,

Corporate Author:

SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Farell,Jules

Report Date:

1965-05-05

Pagination or Media Count:

37.0

Abstract:

A set of programs called TEXTIR has been developed as part of a joint Los Angeles Police Department and System Development Corporation experiment and study concerning the computer retrieval of crime data in natural English language. TEXTIR automatically indexes textual data and responds to natural language queries of the indexed text. This report describes the TEXTIR programs and provides preliminary results on the use of TEXTIR on crime data. Its potential use for handling information other than crime data is also suggested. Author

Descriptors:

• *CRIMINOLOGY
• COMPUTER PROGRAMMING
• INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
• POLICE
• SUBJECT INDEXING
• TELETYPE SYSTEMS
• PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE