Fuzzy Sets in Information Retrieval and Cluster Analysis
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
by Sadaaki Miyamoto.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Dordrecht
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Springer Netherlands
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1990
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
(x, 261 pages)
SERIES
Series Title
Theory and decision library., Series D,, System theory, knowledge engineering, and problem solving ;, 4.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
1 Introduction --;1.1 The Subject --;1.2 Information Retrieval --;1.3 Hierarchical Cluster Analysis --;1.4 A Pragmatic Approach --;1.5 Principles of Mathematical Models --;1.6 Outline of the Contents --;2 Fuzzy Sets --;2.1 Crisp Sets and Fuzzy Sets --;2.2 Set Operations --;2.3 Basic Properties of Fuzzy Sets --;2.4 Image of a Fuzzy Set, Convexity --;2.5 Measures on Fuzzy Sets --;2.6 Fuzzy Relations --;2.7 Crisp Graphs --;2.8 Fuzzy Graphs --;2.9 A Max-Min Algebra and Fuzzy Graphs --;3 Review of Information Retrieval --;3.1 Introduction --;3.2 A Crisp System for Information Retrieval --;3.3 Measures for Evaluation of Information Retrieval Effectiveness --;3.4 Associative Indices for Information Retrieval --;3.5 The Citation Index --;3.6 Weighted Retrieval and a Diagram for Information Retrieval --;4 Introduction to Fuzzy Information Retrieval --;4.1 A Simple Type of Fuzzy Information Retrieval --;4.2 A Typology of Fuzzy Retrieval --;5 Information Retrieval through Fuzzy Associations --;5.1 A Mathematical Model for Fuzzy Thesauri --;5.2 Fuzzy Associations --;5.3 Information Retrieval Through Fuzzy Associations --;6 Hierarchical Cluster Analysis and Fuzzy Sets --;6.1 Introduction to Cluster Analysis --;6.2 Measures of Similarity and Distance --;6.3 Algorithms for Hierarchical Clustering --;6.4 Single Linkage and Fuzzy Graph --;6.5 Dendrogram and Tree Traversal --;6.6 Reversal in a Dendrogram --;6.7 A Class of New Methods --;6.8 Application to Document Clustering --;7 Feedback in Information Retrieval and Search for Clusters --;7.1 Retrieval Through Clusters --;7.2 Block Diagrams and Max-Min Algebra --;7.3 Feedback in Block Diagrams --;8 Other Methods in Fuzzy Information Retrieval and Related Topics --;8.1 Other Methods in Fuzzy Information Retrieval --;8.2 Evaluation Measures in Fuzzy Information Retrieval --;8.3 Fuzzy Relational Database --;8.4 A Brief Review for Studies in Fuzzy Information Retrieval --;8.5 Development of a Fuzzy Retrieval System --;8.6 Graphical Representations of Bibliographic Structure --;9 Discussion and Suggestions for Further Studies --;References.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The present monograph intends to establish a solid link among three fields: fuzzy set theory, information retrieval, and cluster analysis.