A look back and a look forward

ABSTRACT

This paper is in two parts, following the suggestion that I first comment on my own past experience in information retrieval, and then present my views on the present and future.

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• 2: Karen Sparck Jones, Synonymy and semantic classification, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1986
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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL

Additional Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.2 HISTORY OF COMPUTING
      Subjects: Systems

General Terms:
Design, Performance