(invited paper) A new theoretical framework for information retrieval

  • Authors:
  • C. J. van Rijsbergen

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 9th annual international ACM SIGIR conference on Research and development in information retrieval
  • Year:
  • 1986

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Abstract

A new framework based on a non-classical logic is proposed for investigating IR. The paper motivates the use of a particular conditional logic as the 'right' logic for IR. A new principle, the logical uncertainty principle, is proposed, to deal with the inherent uncertainty associated with applicable inferences.