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Subject: Re: reference wanted (or refs.)
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Date: 23 Feb 90 16:50:23 GMT
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There's been lots of work done on this topic.  The research that I
find most interesting, and that also seems relevant to your question,
is the statistical semantics work done at Bellcore.  One older reference is
the article on "Statistical Semantics: Analysis of the Potential Performance
of Key-word Information Systems" by George W. Furnas, Thomas K. 
Landauer, Louis M. Gomez, and Susan T. Dumais.  It's published in the 
Bell Systems Technical Journal, Vol. 66, No. 6, Part 3, pp. 1753-1806, 
1983.  I know they have more recent articles, but I don't have 
references to them offhand.  Do a search for articles by the 4 authors 
above and you should find some of that work.

Michael Good

Good@Baviki.Enet.Dec.Com