Description and search labor for information retrieval

Description and search labor for information retrieval

Selection power is taken as the fundamental value for information retrieval systems. Selection power is regarded as produced by selection labor, which can itself be decomposed into description and search labor. As forms of mental labor, description and search labor participate in the conditions for labor and for mental labor. Concepts and distinctions applicable to physical and mental labor are...

Public Transport Ontology for Passenger Information Retrieval

Passenger information aims at improving the user-friendliness of public transport systems while influencing passenger route choices to satisfy transit user’s travel requirements. The integration of transit information from multiple agencies is a major challenge in implementation of multi-modal passenger information systems. The problem of information sharing is further compounded by the multi-l...

the search for the self in becketts theatre: waiting for godot and endgame

this thesis is based upon the works of samuel beckett. one of the greatest writers of contemporary literature. here, i have tried to focus on one of the main themes in becketts works: the search for the real "me" or the real self, which is not only a problem to be solved for beckett man but also for each of us. i have tried to show becketts techniques in approaching this unattainable goal, base...

Vu Information Search and Retrieval Annotation-based Information Retrieval

Selection power and selection labor for information retrieval

This paper is concerned with the relation between selection power and selection labor for information retrieval. It is the first part of the development of a labor theoretic approach to information retrieval. Existing models for evaluation of information retrieval systems are reviewed and the distinction of operational from experimental systems partly dissolved. The often covert, but powerful, ...