tailieunhanh - INTELLIGENT INFORMATION RETRIEVAL: THE CASE OF ASTRONOMY AND RELATED SPACE SCIENCES

Astronomers are the oldest data collectors. The first catalogue of stars is due to Hipparchus, in the second century . Since that time, and more precisely since the end of the last century, there has been an important increase in astronomical data. EHie to the development of space astronomy during recent decades, we have witnessed a veritable inflation. Confronted with this flood of data, astronomers have to change their methodology. It is necessary not only to manage large databases, but also to take into account recent developments in information retrieval | INTELLIGENT INFORMATION RETRIEVAL THE CASE OF ASTRONOMY AND RELATED SPACE SCIENCES ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE LIBRARY A SERIES OF BOOKS ON THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF SPACE SCIENCE AND OF GENERAL GEOPHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS PUBLISHED IN CONNECTION WITH THE JOURNAL SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS Editorial Board R. L. F. BOYD University College London England w. B. BURTON Sterrewacht Leiden The Netherlands c. DE JAGER University of Utrecht The Netherlands J. KLECZEK Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences Ondrejov Czechoslovakia z. KOPAL University of Manchester England R. LUST Max-Planck-Institut fur Meteorologie Hamburg Germany L. I. SEDOV Academy of Sciences Moscow Russia z. ăVESTKA Laboratory for Space Research Utrecht The Netherlands VOLUME 182 INTELLIGENT INFORMATION RETRIEVAL THE CASE OF ASTRONOMY AND RELATED SPACE SCIENCES Edited by A. HECK Observatoire Astronomique Strasbourg France and F. MURTAGH ESO ST-ECF Garching bei Miinchen Germany w KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS DORDRECHT BOSTON .