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Thoughts about the Stacey & Stacey measures for the logical quality of web searches

Rousseau, Ronald (2006) Thoughts about the Stacey & Stacey measures for the logical quality of web searches.

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Abstract

The Stacey & Stacey formula for the quality of AND web queries is analyzed and explained, leading to a proposal for a simplified alternative. Examples clarify the procedure.

Keywords:information retrieval on the Web, queries in conjunctive form, Stacey & Stacey quality of query measures, simplified procedure
Subjects:B. Information use and sociology of information. > BB. Bibliometric methods.
ID Code:6298
Deposited By:Rousseau, Ronald
Deposited On:19 May 2006
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