A quantitative comparison of conventional information compression techniques in dental literature

An actual word count was made of 93 articles from the dental literature and compared with their homo‐morphic transformations, i.e., s and index citations. It was determined that the average article of 1,963 words was compressed into an of 178 words, an index citation with tracings of 30 words, and a...

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Published inAmerican documentation Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 149 - 151
Main Author Lynn, Kenneth C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.04.1969
Wiley Periodicals Inc
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Compression
Cybernetics
Dental insurance
Dental research
Documentation
Library collections
Mathematical models
National libraries
Reading
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New York
United States > US
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ISSN0096-946X
1936-6108
DOI10.1002/asi.4630200206

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Summary:An actual word count was made of 93 articles from the dental literature and compared with their homo‐morphic transformations, i.e., s and index citations. It was determined that the average article of 1,963 words was compressed into an of 178 words, an index citation with tracings of 30 words, and an index citation of 18 words. A mathematical model was used to demonstrate the homomorphic reduction ratio.
Bibliography:This study was undertaken as part of a graduate course (L265) given in the spring term, 1967, at the School of Library and Information Services, University of Maryland.
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ISSN:0096-946X
1936-6108
DOI:10.1002/asi.4630200206