The Role of the Task Topic in Web Search of Different Task Types

no code implementations • 21 Aug 2018 • Hienert Daniel, Mitsui Matthew, Mayr Philipp, Shah Chirag, Belkin Nicholas J.

Search behavior is measured with a number of session variables and correlated to subjective measures such as task difficulty, task success and the usefulness of documents.

A Usefulness-based Approach for Measuring the Local and Global Effect of IIR Services

no code implementations • 21 Aug 2018 • Hienert Daniel, Mutschke Peter

In this work we operationalize the usefulness model of Cole et al. (2009) on the level of system support to measure not only the local effect of an IR service, but the impact it has on the whole search process.

Information Retrieval Retrieval

WHOSE - A Tool for Whole-Session Analysis in IIR

no code implementations • 27 Apr 2015 • Hienert Daniel, van Hoek Wilko, Weber Alina, Kern Dagmar

This allows system operators and researchers to use the framework for the analysis of user search behavior in their IR systems and to compare it with others.

Information Retrieval Retrieval