Man-Machine Communication

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Two Recent Books írom the Wiley Information Science Series
Edited by R. M. Hayes and J. Becker
Information Retrieval Systems: Characteristics,Testing and Evaluation
By F. W. LANCASTER
"Will be of interest to students of librarianship and information science and to all others involved in the design, operation, and evaluation of information retrieval systems."—New Technical Books, New York Public Library
"Required reading for all in the field, the book may serve alsó as a useful supplemental text for information retrieval courses,"— American Docu-mentation
"It is in the evaluation of operational indexing systems that the author is most at home, providing much interesting data and bringing to bear all his experience. . . . There are many astute observations on user inter-action, indexer consistency and related factors, and methods to improve these. . . . There are alsó 48 illustrations, including tables as well as dia-grsms This is a useful book for any special librarian to... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Two Recent Books írom the Wiley Information Science Series
Edited by R. M. Hayes and J. Becker
Information Retrieval Systems: Characteristics,Testing and Evaluation
By F. W. LANCASTER
"Will be of interest to students of librarianship and information science and to all others involved in the design, operation, and evaluation of information retrieval systems."—New Technical Books, New York Public Library
"Required reading for all in the field, the book may serve alsó as a useful supplemental text for information retrieval courses,"— American Docu-mentation
"It is in the evaluation of operational indexing systems that the author is most at home, providing much interesting data and bringing to bear all his experience. . . . There are many astute observations on user inter-action, indexer consistency and related factors, and methods to improve these. . . . There are alsó 48 illustrations, including tables as well as dia-grsms This is a useful book for any special librarian to read through and keep for reference—and a must for any student or beginner."—Special Libraries Association, New Jersey Chapter 1968 222 pages
Data Bases, Computers and the Social Sciences
Edited by RALPH L. BISCO
Twenty contributors discuss the increasing role of social science data archives and their vitai function in storing, maintaining and distributing an overabundance of material for the researcher.
Originally addressed to the Fourth Annual Conference of the Council of Social Science Data Archives, the revised articles in this volume are concerned with the interrelations between data banks, computer tech-nology, and the needs of the social sciences. 1970 304 pages
Man-Machine Communication
By CHARLES T. MEADOW
A volume in the Wiley Information Science Series
Edited by
R. M. Hayes and J. Becker
Man-machine communication in-volves a mutual exchange of infor-mation between two systems, each of which enjoys somé independence of action. One is capable of creative thinking and high-speed correla-tion, but is slow at calculation, read-ing and writing, and is error-prone. The other has limited intellectual power but is capable of split-second calculation, reading and writing, and rarely makes mistakes. The critical demand for improved information systems would be alleviated if effec-tive communication between these two disparate organisms were re-solved to yield better results than either participant could produce in-dependently. The intent of this book is to stimulate further development in this vitai area.
Divided into three sections, Man-Machine Communication surveys the basic elements of man-computer symbiosis. Part 1 covers the basic aspects of interactive systems: the hardware, or mechanical devices used in man-machine communication; computer programming; computer time-sharing; and natural lan-guage processing. Part II contains basic systems that are fully interac-
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