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Evaluating database selection techniques: a testbed and experiment

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Proceedings of the 21st annual international ACM SIGIR conference on Research and development in information retrieval table of contents

Melbourne, Australia

Pages: 121 - 129

Year of Publication: 1998

ISBN:1-58113-015-5

Authors

James C. French	Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Allison L. Powell	Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Charles L. Viles	School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Travis Emmitt	Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Kevin J. Prey	Department of Computer Science, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

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University of Melbourne : University of Melbourne
SIGIR: ACM Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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Downloads (6 Weeks): 6, Downloads (12 Months): 31, Citation Count: 30

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
H. Information Systems
H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
H.3.4 Systems and Software
Subjects: Performance evaluation (efficiency and effectiveness)

General Terms:
Design, Documentation, Experimentation, Management, Measurement, Performance, Theory

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James C. French: colleagues

Allison L. Powell: colleagues

Charles L. Viles: colleagues

Travis Emmitt: colleagues

Kevin J. Prey: colleagues

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