title: The ranking algorithm of the Coach browser for the UMLS metathesaurus.
abstract: This paper presents the novel ranking algorithm of the Coach Metathesaurus browser which is a major module of the Coach expert search refinement program. An example shows how the ranking algorithm can assist in creating a list of candidate terms useful in augmenting a suboptimal Grateful Med search of MEDLINE.
authors.affiliation: Lister Hill National Center for Biomedical Communications, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD 20894.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Harbourt
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Syed
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Hole
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Kingsland
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D005103:Expert Systems; D016240:Grateful Med; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D017432:Unified Medical Language System; D014584:User-Computer Interface