Application of pattern analysis and recognition to I & W

Abstract : The goal of the initial three-month feasibility study reported here has been the design and testing of critical components of the Message Extraction Through Estimated Relevance (METER) System. Description of the designs and tests are included in this report. In addition, background materials concerning the goals of the project are presented, together with a description of associative methods for document analysis and classification. Finally, a theoretical discussion introduces questions for which additional research will be required. Reference is made to the RADC Automatic Document Classification On- Line (RADCOL) system, which furnished initial designs for METER components. An evaluation of the RADCOL system is provided in RADC-TR-75-208. (Author)