 | | Re: Element search with fuzzy categories
|
|
Wow! (...) Why would you not want mummies in the desert? Ok I can sort of see why, but they are related, (By about 80% :) The percentage cutoff would be useful here. If the cutoff is set to x% then once a subgroup falls below x% relative to the (...) (26 years ago, 10-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
|
| |
| | Re: Element search with fuzzy categories
|
|
(...) on (...) Egypt... That sounds like a good idea. If the results told you something of the logic the engine followed to get to each hit you would have a better chance of rewording your query to avoid the spurious results. from a UI point of view (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
|
| |
| | Re: Element search with fuzzy categories
|
|
(...) Well, I guess it comes up from that I'd expect desert to go to Egypt and Outback maybe but I'd probably be surprised how mummies came up in a query on desert. Maybe if it told me that mummies came up indirectly through Egypt... (...) I'm (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
|
| |
| | Re: Element search with fuzzy categories
|
|
(...) Right-o. The real thingie (remember, the /dbtoys/elementsearch/ thingie is just a toy/prototype) will need to be smart like that, so it knows what's too little to return vs. what's too much. (...) Dunno. Maybe some of both, but probably few if (...) (26 years ago, 11-Jan-99, to lugnet.admin.database)
|
