Assessment of the effects of user characteristics on mental models of information retrieval systems

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 445-459

  Zhang, Xiangmin ^a   Chignell, Mark ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; DECISION THEORY;

MENTAL MODELS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0035307139     PISSN: 15322882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1532-2890(2001)9999:9999<::AID-ASI1092>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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