Using information scent to model user information needs and actions on the web

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 492-497

  Chi, Ed H ^a   Pirolli, Peter ^a   Chen, Kim ^a   Pitkow, James ^a  

^a PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Data mining; Information foraging; Information retrieval; Information scent; Usability; World wide web

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX INTERACTION; EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS; INFORMATION FORAGING; INFORMATION NEED; INFORMATION SCENT; USABILITY; USER ACTION; USER INFORMATION NEED; USER NEED; WEB LINKS;

ALGORITHMS; DATA MINING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; WORLD WIDE WEB;

INFORMATION USE;

EID: 0035034617     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/365024.365325     Document Type: Conference Paper

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