HOW TO PLOT A BREAKTHROUGH

Abstract

Will there be a breakthrough in the field of information retrieval. One authority in that field has said, ''No.'' This paper adopts the opposite viewpoint, and speculates on what the elements of such a breakthrough might be if it were to occur. Several breakthroughs in other fields are scrutinized in order to highlight the factors which characterize and energize sudden expansions of new technologies. These factors, plus some factors specific to the field of information retrieval, are then extrapolated into a ''plot for a breakthrough.''

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 12, 1963
Accession Number
AD0427161

Entities

People

  • Lauren B. Doyle

Organizations

  • System Development Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Automatic
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Digital Computers
  • Electric Power
  • Electron Tubes
  • Electronic Equipment
  • Engineering
  • Information Retrieval
  • Inhibition
  • Inventions
  • Literature
  • Machines
  • Materials
  • Transistors

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Economics
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • AI & ML - Information Retrieval