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Mapping techniques for document processing

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An information retrieval system should provide references to the set of documents the user must evaluate in order to satisfy his/her information requirements. A major concern in this evaluation process is whether or not a document meets the user's needs. In many document retrieval systems there is no relevant information regarding the content of the documents. This makes it very difficult to evaluate if a document is relevant to the user's initial query. This suggests the need for a method to compare the documents on a word by word basis. Fully automated methods are too complex and difficult to generalize upon. A semiautomated user driven method for document mapping is described in this paper. It should decrease the amount of time required to validate the information content of a query.

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  1. From the Medical Systems Group, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, 32610, Gainesville, Florida

    Maria Victoria Gonzalez

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Support for this work has been provided by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under Grant NAG10-0041 and NASA Training Grant NGT-70022.

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Gonzalez, M.V. Mapping techniques for document processing. J Med Syst 12, 249–255 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00999503

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