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Evaluating Advanced Search Interfaces using Established Information-Seeking Models

Evaluating Advanced Search Interfaces using Established Information-Seeking Models
Evaluating Advanced Search Interfaces using Established Information-Seeking Models
When users have poorly defined or complex goals, keyword searching may not provide sufficient support. Subsequently, more advanced systems are being developed to support richer modes of search. This paper presents a formative framework for evaluating advancing search systems, which are providing more versatile environments that become increasingly hard to compare. This is done by quantifying their strengths and weaknesses in supporting user tactics and varying user conditions. This framework combines established models of users, user needs, and user behaviours to achieve this. The framework is applied to evaluate three advanced search interfaces and shows promising results.
Search, Browse, Exploratory, Advanced, Evaluation, Com- parison, HCI, Faceted
Wilson, Max L.
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White, Ryen
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Wilson, Max L.
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schraefel, m.c.
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White, Ryen
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Wilson, Max L., schraefel, m.c. and White, Ryen (2007) Evaluating Advanced Search Interfaces using Established Information-Seeking Models

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Abstract

When users have poorly defined or complex goals, keyword searching may not provide sufficient support. Subsequently, more advanced systems are being developed to support richer modes of search. This paper presents a formative framework for evaluating advancing search systems, which are providing more versatile environments that become increasingly hard to compare. This is done by quantifying their strengths and weaknesses in supporting user tactics and varying user conditions. This framework combines established models of users, user needs, and user behaviours to achieve this. The framework is applied to evaluate three advanced search interfaces and shows promising results.

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Published date: 2007
Additional Information: Event Dates: 23-27 July 2007
Keywords: Search, Browse, Exploratory, Advanced, Evaluation, Com- parison, HCI, Faceted
Organisations: Agents, Interactions & Complexity

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Local EPrints ID: 263737
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/263737
PURE UUID: e299fa04-7791-4063-a971-b290fdc9ce6e
ORCID for m.c. schraefel: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9061-7957

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Date deposited: 23 Mar 2007
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:16

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Author: Max L. Wilson
Author: m.c. schraefel ORCID iD
Author: Ryen White

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