P. G. B. Enser ¹

Affiliations
1 School of Librarianship Studies, University of Wales, Abbarysworth, Wales, GB

Abstract

The ramifications of information technology has generated a variety of information products. These products have mobility to move straight from the author to the targeted audience. Technologically the movement of information from person to person may not need intermediaries. But, there is need due to psychological, educational, economic and social needs. Technology in essence, has brought in a wide scope for facile capture, presentation and dissemination of information.

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P. G. B. Enser ¹

Affiliations
1 School of Librarianship and Information Studies, Universitity of Wales., Abberysworth, Wales, GB

Abstract

Information retrieval studies are embedded in the appplication of mathematical logic, descriptive linguistics, philosophy of language and logic, automata theory, Bayesian probability intelligence. It has led into a coherent theory of human communication. The cluster analysis, vector analysis and similarity matrix application have made experimental information retrieval an interesting study. The possibility of automatic classification has been shown to be of value in database design, query representation and evaluation of information retrieval.

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P. G. B. Enser ¹

Affiliations
1 School of Library and Information Studies, University of Wales, Abberysworth, Wales, GB

Abstract

The Cotnputer software packages for relational data-base of deterministic nature and that for information retrieval of probabilistic nature can be integrated into complimentary facility in information organisation and management. Such incorporation of facilities to define and manipulate in a common manner both formatted and unformatted data emanating from office documentary and corporate data processing sources may be expected to inbue the process of IR with a measure of that determinism or verifiability, which is a fortunate characteristic of DBMS operations.

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