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  1. computer science department, Cornell University, USA

    G. Salton (chairman) & A. Wong (graduate student)

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This study was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under grant GJ 43505.

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Salton, G., Wong, A. On the role of words and phrases in automatic text analysis. Comput Hum 10, 69–87 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02426255

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