AUTOMATIC INDEXING: AN EXPERIMENTAL INQUIRY.

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Abstract:

This inquiry examines a technique for automatically classifying indexing documents according to their subject content. The task, in essence, is to have a computing machine read a document and on the basis of the occurrence of selected clue words, decide to which of many subject categories the document in question belongs. This paper descirbes the design, execution and evaluation of a modest experimental study aimed at testing empirically one statistical technique for automatic indexing. Author

Author(s):
Maron, M. E.
Author Organization(s):
RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF
Descriptive Note:
Revised ed.,
Supplementary Note:
Revised edition of 1 September 1960. Prepared for presentation at the Third Institute on Information Storage and Retrieval at Washington, D. C. during the week of February 13-16, 1961.
Annotation:
Revision: Automatic indexing: an experimental inquiry.
Pagination:
0037

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
P-2180
 Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
*SUBJECT INDEXING, *DOCUMENTS, AUTOMATIC, CLASSIFICATION, EXPERIMENTAL DATA, STATISTICAL ANALYSIS, PROBABILITY, LIBRARIES, INDEXES, INFORMATION RETRIEVAL
Keyword(s):
*AUTOMATIC INDEXING, AUTOMATIC CLASSIFYING
Report Date:
1961 Feb 02