An explorative study of interface support for image searching

Urban, J. and Jose, J. M. (2006) An explorative study of interface support for image searching. In: Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval: User, Context, and Feedback, Revised Selected Papers of the Third International Workshop on Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval (AMR 2005), Glasgow, UK, 28-29 July 2005, pp. 207-221. ISBN 9783540321743 (doi: 10.1007/11670834_17)

Abstract

In this paper we study interfaces for image retrieval systems. Current image retrieval interfaces are limited to providing query facilities and result presentation. The user can inspect the results and possibly provide feedback on their relevance for the current query. Our approach, in contrast, encourages the user to group and organise their search results and thus provide more fine-grained feedback for the system. It combines the search and management process, which - according to our hypothesis - helps the user to onceptualise their search tasks and to overcome the query formulation problem. An evaluation, involving young design-professionals and di®erent types of information seeking scenarios, shows that the proposed approach succeeds in encouraging the user to conceptualise their tasks and that it leads to increased user satisfaction. However, it could not be shown to increase performance. We identify the problems in the current setup, which when eliminated should lead to more effective searching overall.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Keywords: content-based image retrieval; workspace; user studies; relevance feedback
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Jose, Professor Joemon and Urban, Jana
• Authors: Urban, J., and Jose, J. M.
• Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• Research Group: Information Retrieval
• Publisher: Spinger
• ISSN: 1611-3349
• ISBN: 9783540321743
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2006 Springer
• First Published: First published in Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval: User, Context, and Feedback, Revised Selected Papers of the Third International Workshop on Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval (AMR 2005)
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher