Fuzzy Logic Based Information Retrieval System

Information retrieval system is heart of information system. The primary purpose of establishing an information retrieval system lies in assisting the users to effectively acquire drsired information. That is, users' query must be properly understood and answered. The present work falls in the area of information retrieval and to be more specific : query processing of information retrieval. This has been influenced by the limitation and disadvantages of the commercially available Boolean logic retrieval model. The limitation and disadvantages of the query processing of the Boolean logic model have been pointed out and logical solution using fuzzy set theory and fuzzy logic have been presenteted.

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Bhaskar Karn graduated in Economics fron IGNOU, India. He did is Master of Science "Information Science" and Ph.D. from BIT, Mesra, Ranchi, India. Currently he is Associate Professor in the Department of Information Technology at BIT, Mesra, Ranchi. He has guided 2 Ph.D. and 50 Masters thesis.His area of interest is Information System&Architecture.