Searching for relevance in the relevance of search

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volumn 3507, Issue , 2005, Pages 59-78

  Toms, Elaine G ^a   Heather, L ^a   O'Brien, Rick Kopak ^b   Freund, Luanne ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DATA REDUCTION; MOTIVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEARCH ENGINES; SET THEORY;

DATA SETS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; SEARCH TASKS; SYSTEM RELEVANCES;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 24944529899     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/11495222_7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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