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Fuzzy requests: An approach to weighted boolean searches

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This article concerns the problem of how to permit a patron to represent the relative importance of various index terms in a Boolean request while retaining the desirable properties of a Boolean system. The character of classical Boolean systems is reviewed and related to the notion of fuzzy sets. The fuzzy set concept then forms the basis of the concept of a fuzzy request in which weights are assigned to index terms. The properties of such a system are discussed, and it is shown that such systems retain the manipulability of traditional Boolean requests.

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  • Abraham Bookstein, 1980. "Fuzzy requests: An approach to weighted boolean searches," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 31(4), pages 240-247, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamest:v:31:y:1980:i:4:p:240-247
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.4630310403
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