LIS 601
Week3: Automatic Indexing

Machine-Aided Indexing

These study notes give an outline of the continuum of Machine-Aided Indexing (MAI) options.

Important Automated Indexing Concepts

These study notes condense what I consider to be the central features of Automatic Indexing.

Important Weighting Methods

Term weighting is an important aspect of Automatic Indexing:

Two Important Concepts from Salton

We will find that the following two concepts developed by Salton and his team will play important roles in our exploration of Information Retrieval beyond Automatic Indexing:


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