rezac@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (02/04/91)
Can anyone suggest a good book or selection of books providing a concise introduction to full text databases -- preferably one with discussion, algorithms and code for high speed full text indexing. I'd like something that will help develop a general purpose engine for relating large amounts of isolated information rapidly and authoring hypertext documents with the resulting indices. Please e-mail or post responses. *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=* Disclaimer: If this isn't terribly clear it's because I'm sure of what the problems are, but have only a vague idea where the solutions are coming from. CHARLES REZAC * bitnet: REZAC@UKANVAX internet: rezac@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu *=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*
kurt@rufus.almaden.ibm.com (Kurt Shoens) (02/07/91)
Charles Rezac ... Can anyone suggest a good book or selection of books providing a concise introduction to full text databases -- preferably one with discussion, algorithms and code for high speed full text indexing. I've "gotten value" from "Automatic Text Processing" by Gerard Salton published by Addison-Wesley. I paid $41.75, but then, I didn't buy it from Crown. The beginning of the book is pretty elementary and the end of the book is pretty theoretical. The stuff in the middle describes text indexing completely enough for one to do one's own implementation. The book does not include code, but does includes extensive references to research papers on its various subjects. -- Kurt Shoens