"Brian Campbell Vickery was an enormously influential figure in the field of classification and information retrieval, a powerful force in the development of faceted classification and retrieval theory, and a prolific writer and researcher throughout his life."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
ISKO UK (2010) "Professor Brian Vickery 1918 - 2009" at iskouk.blogspot.nl, Jan 29, 2010.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Information_retrieval
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
Information retrieval
20 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by Information retrieval →
Related Quotes
"Calvin Mooers was a participant in early developmental work on digital computers, a researcher, author, and implement…"
"The index of a search engine can be thought of as analogous to the stars in [the] sky. What we see has never existed,…"
"The WWW project merges the techniques of information retrieval and hypertext to make an easy but powerful global info…"
"Information retrieval consists of four main stages: Identifying the exact subject of the search; Locating this subjec…"
"The retrieval process begins when a lack of information shows itself in a human mind and the decision is taken to find…"
"Whether computers are used for engineering design, medical data processing, composing music, or other purposes, the s…"
"'Information management' is a term that is preferred to 'information retrieval' by System Development Corporation. In…"
"It can be useful to distinguish between knowledge and information and data; it is also difficult and contentious. Fou…"
"Biological classifications have two major objectives: to serve as a basis of biological generalizations in all sort o…"
"The problem of directing a user to stored information, some of which may be unknown to him, is the problem of "inform…"