Quality of indexing in online databases: An alternative measure for a term discriminating index

Isola Ajiferuke; Clara M. Chu

doi:10.1016/0306-4573(88)90028-3

Quality of indexing in online databases: An alternative measure for a term discriminating index

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An alternative measure to White & Griffith's term discriminating index is proposed. The measure takes the collection size of a database into consideration and, unlike White & Griffith's measure, its value can never exceed 1.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	599-601
Number of pages	3
Journal	Information Processing and Management
Volume	24
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0306-4573(88)90028-3
State	Published - 1988
Externally published	Yes

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Media Technology
Computer Science Applications
Management Science and Operations Research
Library and Information Sciences

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