Information Retrieval Design, a book by James D. Anderson and Jose Perez-Carballo
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Chapter 9. Exhaustivity

Contents of Chapter 9

9.1. Recall and Precision.
9.1.1. A Definition of Recall.
9.1.2. A Definition of Precision.
9.1.3. The Impact of Exhaustivity on Recall and Precision.
9.2. The Calculation of Exhaustivity: Terms Versus Headings
9.3. Our Examples.
9.3.1. A Book Index.
9.3.2. An Indexing and Abstracting Service.
9.3.3. A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.


1 definition of exhaustivity of indexing

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3 exhaustive indexing of authors

4 range of exhaustivity

5 relationship of exhaustivity to size of documentary units

6 advantages of high versus low exhaustivity

7 examples of low exhaustivity

8 examples of high exhaustivity

9.1. Recall and Precision.

9 impact of exhaustivity on recall and precision

9.1.1. A Definition of Recall.

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11 impossibility of recall calculation

12 recall versus relative recall

13 definitions of relevance

9.1.2. A Definition of Precision.

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15 inverse relationship of recall and precision

9.1.3. The Impact of Exhaustivity on Recall and Precision.

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18 role of high-threshold indexing in high-precision IR

19 role of automatic indexing in high-recall IR

20 role of human indexing versus automatic indexing in high-precision IR

9.2. The Calculation of Exhaustivity: Terms Versus Headings

21 terms versus headings for calculation of exhaustivity

22 calculation of exhaustivity in displayed indexes versus non-displayed indexes

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9.3. Our Examples.

24 relationship of documentary units to exhaustivity

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9.3.1. A Book Index.

26 exhaustivity of human indexing for book indexes

27 exhaustivity of automatic indexing for book indexes

28 alternative levels of exhaustivity for book indexes

9.3.2. An Indexing and Abstracting Service.

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30 exhaustivity for routine documents

31 exhaustivity of human indexing for important documents

32 exhaustivity of automatic indexing for important documents

9.3.3. A Full-Text Encyclopedia/Digital Library.

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