BEYOND BOOLE - THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP

Enormous retrieval sets are like the weather: people complain, but few do anything about it. There have been some good suggestions for ''filtering'' output. However, most vendors, librarians and other information specialists are mesmerized by Boolean logic, while computer scientists insist on vain attempts to eliminate human intervention altogether. Lost in the shuffle is a well established technique that empowers searchers and provides sensibly ranked output.