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cluster hypothesis: a standalone construct

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Information retrieval

the assumption that closely associated documents tend to be relevant to the same requests.

In information retrieval, cluster hypothesis refers to the assumption that closely associated documents tend to be relevant to the same requests. This meaning comes from Jardine (1971) in Information Storage and Retrieval. Here cluster hypothesis is this specific meaning.[1]

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References

Jardine, N., & van Rijsbergen, C. J. (1971). The use of hierarchic clustering in information retrieval. Information Storage and Retrieval, 7(5), 217-240. https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-0271(71)90051-9

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