A fifth generation approach to intelligent information retrieval

This paper briefly examines certain of the Intelligent Information Retrieval (IIR) mechanisms used in the RESEDA system, a system equipped with “reasoning” capabilities in the field of complex biographical data management. Particular attention is paid to a description of the different “levels” of inference procedure which can be executed by the system. The intention is to show that the technical solutions to IIR problems implemented in RESEDA are of an equivalent level to those now proposed in the same field by the Japanese project for Fifth Generation Computer Systems.