INFORMATION RETRIEVAL

Abstract

'Information management' is a term that is preferred to 'information retrieval' by System Development Corporation. Information management is defined as the establishment and utilization of effective procedures for controlling the generation, processing, flow, and use of information. This treatise on information retrieval is divided into 6 parts (1) The information problem. (2) Historical development: documentation, business systems, military systems. (3) Military applications: SAC Control System, intelligence systems, data base management. (4) Nonmilitary applications: medicine, education, metropolitan government, law enforcement, law, scientific and technical information, in-house development and use. (5) Research: classification and indexing procedures, linguistics and communication analysis, 'fact retrieval', natural language processing. (6) Future of information management.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0630152

Entities

Organizations

  • System Development Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Data Processing
  • Databases
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Information Processing
  • Information Retrieval
  • Information Systems
  • Language
  • Law Enforcement
  • Natural Languages
  • Personnel Management
  • United States
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Library and Information Science
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

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