Search trails using user feedback to improve video search

Hopfgartner, F. , Vallet, D., Halvey, M. and Jose, J.M. (2008) Search trails using user feedback to improve video search. In: Proceeding of the 16th ACM International Conference on Multimedia, Vancouver, Canada, October 27-31, pp. 339-348. (doi: 10.1145/1459359.1459405)

Abstract

In this paper we present an innovative approach for aiding users in the difficult task of video search. We use community based feedback mined from the interactions of previous users of our video search system to aid users in their search tasks. This feedback is the basis for providing recommendations to users of our video retrieval system. The ultimate goal of this system is to improve the quality of the results that users find, and in doing so, help users to explore a large and difficult information space and help them consider search options that they may not have considered otherwise. In particular we wish to make the difficult task of search for video much easier for users. The results of a user evaluation indicate that we achieved our goals, the performance of the users in retrieving relevant videos improved, and users were able to explore the collection to a greater extent.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Keywords: Collaborative, community, feedback, recommender, search, user studies, video
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Jose, Professor Joemon and Hopfgartner, Dr Frank and Halvey, Dr Martin and Vallet, Mr David
• Authors: Hopfgartner, F., Vallet, D., Halvey, M., and Jose, J.M.
• Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Humanities > Information Studies; College of Science and Engineering > School of Computing Science
• Research Group: Information Retrieval
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2008 Association for Computing Machinery
• First Published: First published in Proceedings of the 16th ACM international conference on Multimedia: 339-348
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher