In ‘ ASK for Information Retrieval: Part I ’, we discussed the theory and background to a design study for an information retrieval (IR) system based on the attempt to represent the anomalous states of knowledge (ASKs) underlying information needs. In Part II, we report the methods and...

In the article we explain the basis of a series of comparisons of the explanations of the major macroeconomic variables in the UK economy which we are undertaking in a research project financed by HM Treasury. We seek to explain why it is that, despite the apparent objectivity of econometric...