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ACM SIGIR Forum, Volume 21, Issue 1-2

Pages 23 - 29

https://doi.org/10.1145/24634.24635

Published: 01 September 1986 Publication History

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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.

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Van Rijsbergen, C. J. (1986) A non-classical logic for information retrieval, The Computer Journal (in press).

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