Natural Language Versus Controlled Vocabulary in Information Retrieval

Natural Language Versus Controlled Vocabulary in Information Retrieval: A Case Study in Soil Mechanics. Manikya Rao Muddamalle. From: Journal of the American Society for Information Science (JASIS). 49:10, 881-87 (1998)
The effectiveness of two tools, thesaurus and natural language, in an article record retrieval system has been studied. Since both thesaurus and natural language have shown identical performance in information retrieval, a combination of these two has been suggested for making searches and providing relevant information.
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