Model for simulating result document browsing in focused retrieval

Abstract

A search process is a ternary relationship between the user, the retrieval system and the user interface. A focused retrieval system aims at retrieving the most relevant parts within a relevant document. In focused retrieval the user interface may show not only the relevant documents but also identify the most relevant parts within a document. In document browsing a user may apply several strategies, related to the order of browsing, tolerance to irrelevance and the amount of required information. A model for result document browsing in focused retrieval is introduced. Further, its applicability is illustrated through a simulated experiment.

Search Interface Design and Evaluation

“…User interfaces designed to support user access to segments of full-text documents have been discussed in the research literature as part of the book selection process (Wacholder and Liu, 2008;Wacholder et al, 2006), within-document retrieval (Harper et al, 2004), focused retrieval (Arvola et al, 2012) or document triage (Buchanan and Loizides, 2007;Loizides et al, 2014). For example, Harper et al (2004) proposed a user interface called ProfileSkim that provides an interactive bar graph for retrieving relevant segments of a document.…”