David Blair (information technologist)
Encyclopedia
David C. Blair is Professor of Business Information Technology at Stephen M. Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
. He received Ph.D. from the University Of California, Berkeley
, and M.S. from the University Of Washington
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His research focuses on the linguistic representation and associative searching in document retrieval, using a relational database, evaluating information retrieval theories, the management of information in corporate lawsuits, and the document-based decision support.
Articles
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
. He received Ph.D. from the University Of California, Berkeley
University of California, Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, and M.S. from the University Of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
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His research focuses on the linguistic representation and associative searching in document retrieval, using a relational database, evaluating information retrieval theories, the management of information in corporate lawsuits, and the document-based decision support.
Publications
- Wittgenstein, Language and Information: "Back to the Rough Ground!". Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., Secaucus, NJ, 2006.
- Language and Representation in Information Retrieval. Elsevier North-Holland, Inc., New York, NY, 1990. ("Best Book in the World in Information Science")
Articles
- David C. Blair and Steven O. Kimbrough (2002). "Exemplary documents: A foundation for information retrieval design," Information Processing and Management, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 363-379.
- David C. Blair (1992). "Information retrieval and the philosophy of language," The Computer Journal, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 200-207.
- David C. Blair and M. E. Maron (1985). "An evaluation of retrieval effectiveness for a full-text document-retrieval system," Communications of the ACM, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 289-299.
- David C. Blair (1980). "Searching biases in large interactive document retrieval systems." Journal of the American Society for Information Science, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 271-277. ("Best Paper of the Year")
See also
- Ludwig WittgensteinLudwig WittgensteinLudwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein was an Austrian philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He was professor in philosophy at the University of Cambridge from 1939 until 1947...
- IndeterminacyIndeterminacy (Philosophy)Indeterminacy, in philosophy, can refer both to common scientific and mathematical concepts of uncertainty and their implications and to another kind of indeterminacy deriving from the nature of definition or meaning...
, AmbiguityAmbiguityAmbiguity of words or phrases is the ability to express more than one interpretation. It is distinct from vagueness, which is a statement about the lack of precision contained or available in the information.Context may play a role in resolving ambiguity...
, VaguenessVaguenessThe term vagueness denotes a property of concepts . A concept is vague:* if the concept's extension is unclear;* if there are objects which one cannot say with certainty whether belong to a group of objects which are identified with this concept or which exhibit characteristics that have this... - AboutnessAboutnessAboutness is a term used in library and information science , linguistics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind. In LIS, it is often considered synonymous with subject . In philosophy it has been often considered synonymous with intentionality, perhaps since John Searle .R. A...
- Information retrievalInformation retrievalInformation retrieval is the area of study concerned with searching for documents, for information within documents, and for metadata about documents, as well as that of searching structured storage, relational databases, and the World Wide Web...