Ebook: 14th Information Retrieval Colloquium: Proceedings of the BCS 14th Information Retrieval Colloquium, University of Lancaster, 13-14 April 1992

We hope that all readers will find the papers included in this volume of interest. All were presented at the 14th BCS IRSG Research Colloquium held at Lancaster University on 13th-14th April 1992. The papers display very well the scope and breadth of information retrieval, as indeed did the workshop ilself. They also present a good cross-section of current IR research, and as such provide a useful signpost for trends in information retrieval. Before we finish we must thank the following colleagues: Simon Botley, Paul Rayson and Paul Jones for their help in the organization of the conference. We would also like to extend a special message of thanks to Professor G.N. Leech of the Department of Linguistics at Lancaster and Roger Garside of the Department of Computing at Lancaster for their support during the conference period. Tony McEnery would also like to express his thanks and gratitude to Paul Baker for his help during the production of this book. September 1992 Tony McEnery Chris Paice Contents A Logical Model of Information Retrieval Based on Situation Theory M. La/mas and K. van Rijsbergen ........................................................ .

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This volume contains the papers from the British Computer Society 14th Information Retrieval Colloquium, held at the University of Lancaster in April 1992. These annual meetings provide an important opportunity for the discussion of all aspects of information retrieval research, including natural language techniques, concept representation and database design. The papers presented at the meeting were selected according to the originality of the ideas and methods described, the quality of the presentation, and their relevance to current IR research. Contributions were encouraged from both established researchers and doctoral students, with special emphasis being given to the presentation of on-going research work.

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This volume contains the papers from the British Computer Society 14th Information Retrieval Colloquium, held at the University of Lancaster in April 1992. These annual meetings provide an important opportunity for the discussion of all aspects of information retrieval research, including natural language techniques, concept representation and database design. The papers presented at the meeting were selected according to the originality of the ideas and methods described, the quality of the presentation, and their relevance to current IR research. Contributions were encouraged from both established researchers and doctoral students, with special emphasis being given to the presentation of on-going research work.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
A Logical Model of Information Retrieval Based on Situation Theory....Pages 1-13
Multilingual MenUSE - A Japanese front-end for searching English Language databases and vice versa....Pages 14-37
An Evaluation of Concept Translation Through Menu Navigation in the MenUSE Intermediary System....Pages 38-54
ISIR: An Integrated System for Information Retrieval....Pages 55-66
WING: An Intelligent Multimodal Interface for a Materials Information System....Pages 67-78
Dialogue Management in a Pragmatics-Based Natural Language Information System....Pages 79-88
Performance Comparisons of Boolean and Ranked Output Retrieval....Pages 89-101
Pictorial information systems — prospects and problems....Pages 102-123
Modelling Online Database Systems in an Intelligent Interface....Pages 124-140
A ‘Select and Generate’ Approach to Automatic Abstracting....Pages 141-154
Evaluation Of Techniques For The Conflation Of Modern And Seventeenth Century English Spelling....Pages 155-168
Hypermedia Links and Information Retrieval....Pages 169-180
Natural Language For Database Retrieval- A Practical Perspective....Pages 181-191
Back Matter....Pages 193-195

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This volume contains the papers from the British Computer Society 14th Information Retrieval Colloquium, held at the University of Lancaster in April 1992. These annual meetings provide an important opportunity for the discussion of all aspects of information retrieval research, including natural language techniques, concept representation and database design. The papers presented at the meeting were selected according to the originality of the ideas and methods described, the quality of the presentation, and their relevance to current IR research. Contributions were encouraged from both established researchers and doctoral students, with special emphasis being given to the presentation of on-going research work.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
A Logical Model of Information Retrieval Based on Situation Theory....Pages 1-13
Multilingual MenUSE - A Japanese front-end for searching English Language databases and vice versa....Pages 14-37
An Evaluation of Concept Translation Through Menu Navigation in the MenUSE Intermediary System....Pages 38-54
ISIR: An Integrated System for Information Retrieval....Pages 55-66
WING: An Intelligent Multimodal Interface for a Materials Information System....Pages 67-78
Dialogue Management in a Pragmatics-Based Natural Language Information System....Pages 79-88
Performance Comparisons of Boolean and Ranked Output Retrieval....Pages 89-101
Pictorial information systems — prospects and problems....Pages 102-123
Modelling Online Database Systems in an Intelligent Interface....Pages 124-140
A ‘Select and Generate’ Approach to Automatic Abstracting....Pages 141-154
Evaluation Of Techniques For The Conflation Of Modern And Seventeenth Century English Spelling....Pages 155-168
Hypermedia Links and Information Retrieval....Pages 169-180
Natural Language For Database Retrieval- A Practical Perspective....Pages 181-191
Back Matter....Pages 193-195
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