Salton, Gerard (1927 -1995)
Pioneer within the application of statistical methods
for information retrieval, automatic indexing, the production of abstracts and
other kinds of computer applications of natural
language.
Literature:
Dubin (2004). The Most Influential Paper Gerard Salton Never Wrote. Library Trends, 52(4), 748–764.
Hjørland, B. (1996). Rejoinder: A New Horizon for Information Science. Journal of the American Journal for Information Science, 1996, 47(4), 333-335. (Answer to Salton, 1996). Click for fulltext.pdf
Salton, G. (1968): Automatic Information Organization and Retrieval. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Salton, G. (1975). A Theory of Indexing. Regional Conference Series in Applied Mathematics,
No. 18. Philadelphia, PA.: Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.
Salton, G. (1996). Letter to the editor. A new horizon for Information Science. Journal of the American Journal for Information Science, 47(4), 333. Click for fulltext.pdf
Salton, G. & McGill, J. M. (1983). Introduction to Modern Information Retrieval. New
York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill.
See also:
Indexing, automatic
Birger Hjørland
Last edited: 20-05-2006