User evaluation methods for visualweb search interfaces

Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Visualisation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 139-145

  Hoeber, Orland ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVALUATION METHOD; INFORMATION VISUALIZATION SYSTEM; RELATIVE VALUE; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SEARCH INTERFACES; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; USER EVALUATIONS; WEB SEARCH INTERFACES;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; VISUALIZATION;

WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 70449485406     PISSN: 10939547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IV.2009.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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