ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS), Volume 7

Volume 7, Number 1, January 1989

Robert B. Allen: A New Name - ACM Transactions on Information Systems, Editorial. 1
P. David Stotts, Richard Furuta: Petri-Net-Based Hypertext: Document Structure with Browsing Semantics. 3-29
Dennis E. Egan, Joel R. Remde, Louis M. Gomez, Thomas K. Landauer, Jennifer Eberhardt, Carol C. Lochbaum: Formative Design-Evaluation of SuperBook. 30-57
Kenneth Utting, Nicole Yankelovich: Context and Orientation in Hypermedia Networks. 58-84
Frank Wm. Tompa: A Data Model for Flexible Hypertext Database Systems. 85-100

Edward Sciore: Object Specialization. 103-122
Ralf Hartmut Güting, Roberto Zicari, David M. Choy: An Algebra for Structured Office Documents. 123-157
Dik Lun Lee, Chun-Wu Roger Leng: Partitioned Signature Files: Design Issues and Performance Evaluation. 158-180

Special Issue: Research and Development in Information Retrieval

Norbert Fuhr: Optimal Polynomial Retrieval Functions Based on the Probability Ranking Principle. 183-204
Vijay V. Raghavan, Gwang S. Jung, Peter Bollmann: A Critical Investigation of Recall and Precision as Measures of Retrieval System Performance. 205-229
Shmuel T. Klein, Abraham Bookstein, Scott C. Deerwester: Storing Text Retrieval Systems on CD-ROM: Compression and Encryption Considerations. 230-245
Philip J. Smith, Steven J. Shute, Deb Galdes, Mark H. Chignell: Knowledge-Based Search Tactics for an Intelligent Intermediary System. 246-270
F. R. Campagnoni, Kate Ehrlich: Information Retrieval Using a Hypertext-Based Help System. 271-291
Douglas P. Metzler, Stephanie W. Haas: The Constituent Object Parser: Syntactic Structure Matching for Information Retrieval. 292-316

Margrethe H. Olson: Work at Home for Computer Professionals: Current Attitudes and Future Prospects. 317-338
Hamideh Afsarmanesh, Dennis McLeod: The 3DIS: An Extensible Object-Oriented Information Management Environment. 339-377
Barbara Pernici, Federico Barbic, Maria Grazia Fugini, Roberto Maiocchi, J. R. Rames, Colette Rolland: C-TODOS: An Automatic Tool for Office System Conceptual Design. 378-419