Title :
The Mead Information Retrieval System
Author :
DeFazio, S. ; Greenwald, Charles
Author_Institution :
Mead Data Central Inc., Miamisburg, OH, USA
fDate :
Feb. 29 1988-March 3 1988
Abstract :
A case study is presented of the LEXIS/NEXIS information-retrieval system, which during peak loads processes nearly eight thousand full-text searches an hour. Most often these searches are directed at databases on the order of one hundred billion bytes in size. The I/O and CPU resource requirements to service the LEXIS/NEXIS workload is approaching the limits of existing computer technology. It is argued that for the information-retrieval industry to remain cost-effective as database size increases, fundamental advances in computer architectures and full-text search algorithms are required.<>
Keywords :
information retrieval systems; LEXIS; Mead Information Retrieval System; NEXIS; full-text searches; Computer aided instruction; Computer architecture; Computer industry; Costs; Delay; Hardware; Information retrieval; Operating systems; Process control; Transaction databases;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon Spring '88. Thirty-Third IEEE Computer Society International Conference, Digest of Papers
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0828-5
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1988.4906
