Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Automated Information Retrieval or International Financial Market Investment

Automated Information Retrieval

Author: Valery I Frants

Automated Information Retrieval describes a fully automated Boolean System and gives special attention to theoretical problems in automatic retrieval of textual information. The book details algorithms in eachprocess in the system, including those that are radically new in the retrieval process and those that are adaptable to the individual. New approaches to evaluating information retrieval systems and studying their performance are included.

Key Features
* Reviews the general principles of constructing any system, such as an information retrieval system
* Provides a detailed analysis of basic concepts such as information need, information, information crisis, and the notation of information retrieval
* Examines the goal, function, structure, and language of an information retrieval system
* Describes the construction of an information retrieval system (methods, algorithms, and approaches)
* Details different approaches to evaluating the results of information retrieval
* Features new directions in the development of information retrieval systems

Booknews

Introduces a fully automated Boolean system and pays special attention to theoretical problems in the automatic retrieval of textual information. Details the algorithms for each process in the system, and describes new approaches for evaluating information retrieval systems and their performance. Suitable for a senior or graduate course in information or library science, and as a reference for professionals familiar who are with information retrieval systems in general. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.



Table of Contents:
Preface
1The System and the Systems Approach
2Vital Activities and Needs
3Information Crisis
4Concept of an Information Retrieval System
5Information Retrieval Language
6Automatic Indexing of Documents
7Automatic Indexing of Search Requests
8Storage and Access to Information
9Control and Feedback in IR Systems
10Evaluation of Search Results
11Evaluation of Macroevaluated Objects
12Some Directions in the Development of IR Systems
Index

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International Financial Market Investment: A Swiss Banker's Guide

Author: Erwin W Heri

Explains the basics of pricing along with risk analysis for bonds, shares and exchange rates, illustrating the use of these fundamentals for portfolio management.



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