The phrase "a previous compilation of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an earlier collection or gathering of information, data, or materials.
Example: "The report was based on a previous compilation of research findings that highlighted key trends in the industry."
Alternatives: "an earlier collection of" or "a prior assembly of".
A previous compilation has been completely revised and updated.
Historical research performed in the 1990s has updated previous compilations of liquefaction-induced phenomena that occurred during the last millenium in Italy.
On Wednesday, Russia criticized the United Nations report on Iran as a politicized compilation of previous reports and said further sanctions were unwarranted.
Four tracks from Halo Wars were included as a preview on a bonus DVD bundled with Halo Trilogy The Complete Original Soundtracks, a December 2008 compilation of previous Halo music.
The regulation and production of the abalone shell is at least an order more complex than has been inferred from a compilation of previous studies on shell matrix proteins in numerous other molluscs as acknowledged by Marin and Luquet [ 39].
They also made the case that any hit song must be a Frankenstein-esque compilation of previous hits.
A compilation of previous neural tracing experiments in songbirds suggests that the movement-associated areas are connected in a network that is in parallel with the adjacent vocal learning system.
Lancashire's two-day trouncing by relegation-threatened Worcestershire last week suggested the threads were coming apart, leading their coach, Peter Moores, to give his players three days off and, on their return, play a DVD compilation of their previous eight championship wins.
Every September, the F.B.I. issues a report on crime, a compilation of statistics for the previous year.
The list of North American hummingbird-adapted species compiled for this study (Table S5) includes 50 60 more species than previous compilations, namely Grant's [ 54] list of 129 hummingbird-adapted species in Western North America and Williamson's [ 12] list of 111 species for all of North America.
