EVALUATION OF SCIENCE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS,
Abstract
The report presents seven areas of investigation into which evaluators must probe to determine the overall worth of an information retrieval system (IRS). These are system objectives, user requirements, external relations, system properties, system efficiency, technical aspects, and operational aspects. Technical and operational personnel should participate in the evaluation. A determination of user requirements includes the following: (1) the types of communication necessary to fulfill user requirements, (2) user requirements in terms of system-response properties, (3) the ability of the system to provide the proper communications to the user, and (4) a quantitative and intuitive evaluation of fulfillment of user requirements. Two resultant listings (properties of system response and types of communications) form the basis of a coordinate grid that may be expanded to any degree necessary. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0615108
Entities
People
- Lawrence S. Papier
Organizations
- Edgewood Chemical Biological Center