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Dissertation Information for Edmond Mignon

NAME:
- Edmond Mignon

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- University of California, Berkeley (USA) (1976)

ADVISORS:
- M. E. Maron

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Theodora Long Hodges
- Raynard C. Swank

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: The automatic identification of fruitful subfiles in large library catalogs

Abstract: The application of procedures for associative searching in large files of bibliographic data becomes more attractive if a sub collection of convenient size and suitable composition can be automatically identified and used as an environment in which to perform the searching operations. Two methods for forming such subcollections for MARC records are investigated. The first one employs an algorithm developed by Gotlieb and Kumar for utilizing cross references to generate ranked lists of subject headings, and the second one establishes the searching environment from correspondences between subject headings and class numbers. In addition, a third procedure, based on coassignment frequencies of subject headings is given a preliminary examination. An empirical test of these methods against a body of citations taken from standard undergraduate statistics textbooks leads to the provisional conclusion that the first of these methods produces more satisfactory results, but the performance of the other two methods might well be improved by more powerful testing conditions, which were not available at the time the study was conducted. Measures for the evaluation of the performance of subcollection forming procedures are proposed and criticized, ad two additional subcollection forming procedures are introduced and recommended for subsequent testing.

MPACT Scores for Edmond Mignon

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TA = 0
calculated 2008-05-30 12:20:08

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