A CHARACTERIZATION OF THE INFORMATION-CONTENT OF A CLASSIFICATION

Authors
BACLAWSKI K SIMOVICI DA
Citation
K. Baclawski et Da. Simovici, A CHARACTERIZATION OF THE INFORMATION-CONTENT OF A CLASSIFICATION, Information processing letters, 57(4), 1996, pp. 211-214
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Information Science & Library Science","Computer Science Information Systems
Journal title
Information processing letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00200190
Volume
57
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
211 - 214
Database
ISI
SICI code
0020-0190(1996)57:4<211:ACOTIO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We present a simple characterization of the information content of col lections of sets. The characterization is based on families of measure s that satisfy two natural conditions. We discuss briefly applications to document retrieval systems.