A fuzzy document retrieval method based on two-valued indexing (Q1117708)

A fuzzy retrieval method that enables one to infer weights and ranking outputs is formulated in this paper, still based on two-valued indexing. It provides a weighted system of document retrieval: a keyword is represented by a set of keywords related to it as a document; then a weight is calculated by the degree of matching between the representation of a keyword and that of a document. This procedure can obviously be extended to Boolean queries by fuzzy logic, and hence to weighted Boolean system without assuming weighted indexing. An interpretation of this method from the point of view of the possible world semantics in modal logic is further discussed.