Strategies for guiding interactive search: An empirical investigation into the consequences of label relevance for assessment and selection

Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-46

  Brumby, Duncan P ^a   Howes, Andrew ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; SEMANTIC WEB; WEBSITES;

INTERACTIVE SEARCH; LABEL RELEVANCE; LOCATION MANIPULATION; RATIONAL ANALYSIS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 41149146222     PISSN: 07370024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07370020701851078     Document Type: Article

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