... Parallel programming Query languages Databases One of the most neglected areas in information retrieval is the issue of servicing updates to inverted files. In most applications this is understandable given that some databases will not be updated very frequently: for example, Dialog and DataStar...

... gigabytes in size. Information retrieval Databases Parallel programming The generation of inverted indexes for text databases is a computationally intensive process that requires the exclusive use of processing resources for long periods. The following considers techniques that could be used...