30. A system for information processing, the system comprising: at least one processor operatively connected to a memory adapted to execute system components, and wherein the system further comprises: an access component adapted to access a set of documents obtained from an information retrieval system, wherein the access component is further configured to establish, automatically, at least one identifying characteristic within the set of documents; an analysis component adapted to obtain a statistical distribution based on values associated with the set of documents, the set of documents having a given size; a measurement component adapted to compute value of a function that measures distinctiveness of the obtained statistical distribution relative to a baseline statistical distribution of values associated with a baseline set of documents; a normalization component adapted to normalize the value relative to a distribution of values of the function that measures distinctiveness over a space of document sets, wherein a respective value of the function that measures distinctiveness corresponds to a respective document set within the space of document sets, wherein each document set in the space has a size that is comparable to the given size, wherein the normalization component is further adapted to perform a computation on the value that accounts for the given size of the set of documents; and an output component adapted to generate a response derived from the normalized value.
30. A system for information processing, the system comprising: at least one processor operatively connected to a memory adapted to execute system components, and wherein the system further comprises: an access component adapted to access a set of documents obtained from an information retrieval system, wherein the access component is further configured to establish, automatically, at least one identifying characteristic within the set of documents; an analysis component adapted to obtain a statistical distribution based on values associated with the set of documents, the set of documents having a given size; a measurement component adapted to compute value of a function that measures distinctiveness of the obtained statistical distribution relative to a baseline statistical distribution of values associated with a baseline set of documents; a normalization component adapted to normalize the value relative to a distribution of values of the function that measures distinctiveness over a space of document sets, wherein a respective value of the function that measures distinctiveness corresponds to a respective document set within the space of document sets, wherein each document set in the space has a size that is comparable to the given size, wherein the normalization component is further adapted to perform a computation on the value that accounts for the given size of the set of documents; and an output component adapted to generate a response derived from the normalized value. 39. The system according to claim 30 , wherein the statistical distribution is determined for multiple dimensions.