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I've properly set the reference in the .bib file but still getting author problems:

Author undefined for the 'baeza1999modern' on page 1

In my ref.bib, I do have an entry:

@book{baeza1999modern,
  title={Modern information retrieval},
  author={Baeza-Yates, Ricardo and Ribeiro-Neto, Berthier and others},
  volume={463},
  year={1999},
  publisher={ACM press New York.}
}

In LaTeX, the text is

As coupled by ~\citet{baeza1999modern},

I want to get something like Baeza-Yates et al.. However, it is appearing like

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The error I am getting is

Author undefined for citation`baeza1999modern' (natbib) on page 1

Any idea?

Ok, currently I have a solution which allow me at least to continue working,

I added this in the preamble,

\usepackage[numbers, square]{natbib}

and this \bibliographystyle{plainnat}.

So, currently the et al is being displayed properly, the citation is appearing like [2,1].

It would have been better if it was like [Sin01,ADV10]; any suggestion?

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Noor
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    Are you running the usual sequence latex, bibtex, latex, latex on your file? (I'd also change the ... by ~\citet to ... by~\citet, but that is only for aesthetic reasons.) – jon Mar 10 '13 at 21:48
  • for the 4 commands you listed, is not there a single command that does all, actually, i'm using texmaker – Noor Mar 10 '13 at 21:52
  • According to LaTeX Editors/IDEs, it's unsure whether TeXmaker has a project manager. However, it does seem to distinguish between a "Quick Build" and "something else." That something else, I assume, would allow you to compile using a sequence that could include bibtex. – Werner Mar 10 '13 at 22:00
  • For automatic compilation, see http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/64/tools-for-automating-document-compilation Latexmk and arara. You could also set up a quick build or user command that runs all four. – Torbjørn T. Mar 10 '13 at 22:01
  • even though I'm running the sequence latex, bibtex, latex, latex, i'm still getting the same problem – Noor Mar 10 '13 at 22:28
  • You can configure Texmaker to run latex, bibtex, latex, latex on quickbuild. It's under Options >> Configure Texmaker >> Quick Build. There you can determine what to run on quickbuild. If there isn't the combination you want you can set a custom combination. – Dave Mar 11 '13 at 00:03
  • Which bibliography style do you use? It is the bibliography style that determines if (and how) the list of authors, in citations of pieces with 3 or more authors, gets truncated to FirstAuthor et al.. Incidentally, are you sure you're referencing the piece you list in your example correctly? The reason I ask is that I'm pretty sure it has exactly two authors. Thus, the output of \citet on this piece should be Baeza-Yates and Ribeiro-Neto (1999). – Mico Mar 11 '13 at 00:38
  • I have to use alpha and display only the first author – Noor Mar 11 '13 at 00:51
  • @Noor -- If you are still experiencing the same problem, it is time to provide a complete minimal example that others can copy to try to replicated (and then solve) the problem. – jon Mar 11 '13 at 02:03
  • @jon, i added an example above – Noor Mar 11 '13 at 07:40
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    Your posted example complies fine in a standard set-up. Please post a complete minimal working example (MWE), rather than code snippets. – Andrew Swann Mar 11 '13 at 12:39
  • @AndrewSwann, can you please check my answer and improve on it if possible – Noor Mar 11 '13 at 15:38
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A standard working set-up would be 

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{natbib}

\begin{document}
As coupled by~\citet{baeza1999modern}, or perahps \citeauthor{baeza1999modern}.

\bibliographystyle{abbrvnat}
\bibliography{ref}

\end{document}

with ref.bib as in your question. This gives

Sample output

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  • Suppose then I want to only use use \cite, how does it appear?? if i'm not mistaken, the whole et al appear then?? – Noor Mar 11 '13 at 17:05
  • \cite behaves as \citet in this scheme. The documentation of natbib advises against using \cite, suggesting that you should always use either \citet or \citep as appropriate. – Andrew Swann Mar 11 '13 at 17:13