Evaluating a Task-Specific Information Retrieval Interface

Abstract

We present an evaluation of an information retrieval system designed for the 1997 TREC-6 Interactive Track; that is, Aspect Oriented Retrieval, or finding documents that cover all aspects of relevance to a given topic. Our system includes a basic search system, a task-specific "aspect window", and a 3-D visualization of document and aspect relationships. We compare two versions of our system against ZPRISE, a baseline system provided by NIST. A study of 20 searchers shows significant differences between two classes of searchers, and supports several hypotheses about the design of an aspect oriented system. An interesting result is a likely correlation between structural visualization ability and facility with a 3-D visualization.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA440145

Entities

People

  • Don Byrd
  • James Allan
  • Russell Swan

Organizations

  • University of Massachusetts Amherst

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  • Engineering
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  • Information Retrieval
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  • User Interface
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Fields of Study

  • Computer science

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  • Information Retrieval
  • Software Engineering.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

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  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Information Retrieval