false retrieval

[¦fȯls ri′trē·vəl]

(computer science)

An item retrieved in an automatic library search which is unrelated or vaguely related to the subject of the search. Also known as false drop.

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Other features of the Claims database include Standardized Assignee names for each patent; annual updating of all Classification changes made by the USPO reflecting current and retrospective changes; and removal of all punctuation found in the Inventor name section, which will help eliminate false retrieval.

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In particular, it is known that the false retrieval probability is smallest when half of the bit positions in a bit vector are equal to 1 [19, 20].

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Taken to its logical conclusion, these deficiencies will mean false retrievals or missed searches or failure to provide catalog users with optimum search and retrieval conditions.