A. AutoIn£ltic(dty built queries ((id hoc)
                1. topic fields used Topic, De.%'cri1)tio)fl, Narrative
                2. total computer ti'ne to build query (cpu seconds) 2 seconds
                3. which of the following were used?
                       a. term weighting witli weights b£bed on tenns in topics
                       C. syntactic p~u-sing of topics
                       1. automatic addition of B(x)lean connectors or proximity operators


         [). Automatic(Llly built queries (r()utin~)
                1. topic fields used Topic, De.%cripti()n, Narrative
                2. total computer t~e to build query (cpu seconds) 2 secondS
                3. which of the f()llowin(2 were used in buildin~~ the query?
                       a. teflns selected from
                               (1) topic
                       b. tenn weighting
                               (1) with weights based oil terms in topics
                       d. syntactic ~(U5~Il~
                               (1) of topics
                       j . (~ut()In(1tic addition of B()()lCL1'1 connectors or proximity operators
                               (1) using iIlf()rm~~ti()n fr()1n the topics

III.  Searching

         A. Tot~il computer time to se~uch (cpu seconds) 1* all t()pic.% *1 1()8E)E)(l
                1. retiiev~Ll tillie (total cpu seconds between when a query enters the system until a list of
                       document numbers £ue ()bt(~ined)    72()()()
                2. ranking time (totti cpu seconds to sort d('cument list) -36(l()(~

         B. Which methods best describe your machiuc se~irching methods?
                10. other (describe) niulti-level attril)ute weighting

         C. What factors are included in your rinking?
                1. tenn frequency
                2. inverse d(icument frequency
                3. other term weights (where do they CoIIIC from?) explicit term weighting hy user
                5. position in document
                7. proxilility of terins
                9. document length
                10. completeness (wh(~t Y~. of the query terms £ue present)
                15. other (specify) record (d(~unient) id

IV.   What machine did you conduct the TRE(? experilnent on'? IBNI RSI6()(JE) 32(~
                How much RAM did it liLve? 32 NIB
                What w~i~ the clock ritC of the (?PI J? 25 NIHz

V.    Some systems are rese~tich prototypes £Lnd others ~ue c()mluerci~d.
                To help coinpue these systems:

                1. How much `software engineering" went into the development of your system?
                       This is a prototype.
                2.  Given appropriate resources, could y~~ur system be made to run f~~ter?     By how much
                       (estimate)?
                       yes, given   taster hardware      and  m(~re      RAM,   we can pr()l)al)ly douhie the


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