Characterizing the usability of interactive applications through query log analysis

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1817-1826

  Fourney, Adam ^a   Mann, Richard ^a   Terry, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Query log analysis; Usability

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; USABILITY ENGINEERING;

INTERACTIVE APPLICATIONS; INTERACTIVE SYSTEM; INTERNET SEARCH-ENGINES; LEARN+; QUERY LOG ANALYSIS; QUERY LOGS; SEARCH QUERIES; TROUBLESHOOTS; USABILITY; USABILITY METHODS;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 79958096345     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1978942.1979205     Document Type: Conference Paper

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