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Situation Theory and Dempster-Shafer’s Theory of Evidence for Information Retrieval

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We propose a model of information retrieval systems that is based on a Theory of Information and a Theory of Uncertainty, respectively Situation Theory and Dempster-Shafer’s Theory of Evidence. These were selected because they allow us to tackle two of the main problems that confront any attempt to model an information retrieval system: the representation of information and its flow; and the uncertainty engendered by the complexity and ambiguity arising when dealing with information.

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  1. Department of Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Scotland, G12 8QQ

    M. Lalmas & C. J. van Rijsbergen

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1M8, Canada

    V. S. Alagar PhD , S. Bergler PhD  & F. Q. Dong PhD ,  & 

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Lalmas, M., van Rijsbergen, C.J. (1994). Situation Theory and Dempster-Shafer’s Theory of Evidence for Information Retrieval. In: Alagar, V.S., Bergler, S., Dong, F.Q. (eds) Incompleteness and Uncertainty in Information Systems. Workshops in Computing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3242-4_8

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