White, R.W., Ruthven, I.G. and Jose, J.M. (2002) Finding relevant documents using top ranking sentences: an evaluation of two alternative schemes. In: Annual ACM Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, Tampere, Finland, 11-15 August 2002, pp. 57-64. ISBN 9781581135619 (doi: 10.1145/564376.564389)
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Abstract
In this paper we present an evaluation of techniques that are designed to encourage web searchers to interact more with the results of a web search. Two specific techniques are examined: the presentation of sentences that highly match the searcher's query and the use of implicit evidence. Implicit evidence is evidence captured from the searcher's interaction with the retrieval results and is used to automatically update the display. Our evaluation concentrates on the effectiveness and subject perception of these techniques. The results show, with statistical significance, that the techniques are effective and efficient for information seeking.
Item Type: | Conference Proceedings |
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Additional Information: | © ACM, 2002. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of ACM for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Proceedings of the 25th annual international ACM SIGIR conference on Research and development in information retrieval http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/564376.564389 |
Keywords: | WWW; sentence extraction; user studies |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Jose, Professor Joemon |
Authors: | White, R.W., Ruthven, I.G., 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 |
Publisher: | ACM Press |
ISBN: | 9781581135619 |
Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2002 ACM Press |
First Published: | First published in Proceedings of the 25th Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval |
Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher including additional information statement. |
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