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David Blair

Overview

University of Michigan, Manfred Kochen, Lawrence Page
World Brain, New encyclopedism, H.G. Wells
Causal theory of reference, C.K. Ogden, Ludwig Wittgenstein
Information science, Marcia Bates
References of "The data-document distinction revisited" (2006) ACM

1980

"Searching biases in large interactive document retrieval systems." Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 31(4): 271-277. ("Best Paper of the Year")

1985

David C. Blair & M. E. Maron (1985). "An evaluation of retrieval effectiveness for a full-text document-retrieval system." Communications of the ACM, 28(3): 289-299. ACM
Abstract
An evaluation of a large, operational full-text document-retrieval system (containing roughly 350,000 pages of text) shows the system to be retrieving less than 20 percent of the documents relevant to a particular search. The findings are discussed in terms of the theory and practice of full-text document retrieval.

1986

"Indeterminacy in the subject access to documents," Information Processing and Management: An International Journal, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 229-241. ACM

1989

Michael D. Gordon, David C. Blair, Robert K. Lindsay (1989). "Manfred Kochen 1928-1989: Remembrances of a Scholar and a Gentle Man." JASIS 40(4): 223-225.
Michael D. Gordon (1988). "Probabilistic and genetic algorithms in document retrieval" ACM

1990

Language and Representation in Information Retrieval

... selected as the "Best Information Science Book of the Year" by the American Society for Information Science (ASIS).
See also: 2005, 2006.

2002a

David Blair (2002). "Knowledge Management: Hype, Hope, or Help?" Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, vol. 53, no. 12, pp. 1019-1028. Abstract
What is KM if no hype?

Why is it a hope?

How does it help?
Marcia Bates (1999). "The Invisible Substrate of Information Science," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, vol.50, no.12, pp. 1043-1050. Text
See also: "Three Similar & Different Threads of Questioning" in AFTERTHOUGHTS.

2002b

David Blair and Steven O. Kimbrough (2002). "Exemplary Documents: A Foundation for Information Retrieval Design." Information Processing and Management, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 363-379. ACM

2005

Wittgenstein, Language and Information: "Back to the Rough Ground!"

2006

Wittgenstein, Language and Information: "Back to the Rough Ground!"
"The data-document distinction revisited," ACM SIGMIS Database 37(1): 77-96, refs. 47. ACM

Abstract

The Data Retrieval and Document Retrieval models have a number of differences which influence their design, use and management. This paper discusses the most prominent of these differences and shows that they all arise from the more fundamental problem of representational indeterminacy. Representational indeterminacy is a result of the effects of semantic ambiguity and system size. If the differences between the Data Retrieval and Document Retrieval models arise from the same problem then the models are not as distinct as they may have appeared. The Data Retrieval and Document Retrieval models are better seen as examples of information systems with lower and higher levels of representational indeterminacy. The paper concludes with a proposal for an operational definition of representational indeterminacy and a discussion of the role of context and system size in reducing high levels of indeterminacy.

Wikipedia

as of 2010-02-02

David C. Blair is Professor of Business Information Technology at Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan. He received Ph.D. from the University Of California, Berkeley, and M.S. from the University Of Washington.

His research focuses on the linguistic representation and associative searching in document retrieval, using a relational database, evaluating information retrieval theories, the management of information in corporate lawsuits, and the document-based decision support.

Publications

Wittgenstein, Language and Information: "Back to the Rough Ground!". Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Secaucus, NJ, 2006.
Language and Representation in Information Retrieval. Elsevier North-Holland, Inc., New York, NY, 1990. ("Best Book in the World in Information Science")

Articles

David C. Blair and Steven O. Kimbrough (2002). "Exemplary documents: A foundation for information retrieval design," Information Processing and Management, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 363-379.
David C. Blair (1992). "Information retrieval and the philosophy of language," The Computer Journal, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 200-207.
David C. Blair and M. E. Maron (1985). "An evaluation of retrieval effectiveness for a full-text document-retrieval system," Communications of the ACM, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 289-299.
David C. Blair (1980). "Searching biases in large interactive document retrieval systems." Journal of the American Society for Information Science, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 271-277. ("Best Paper of the Year")

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