Information foraging models of browsers for very large document spaces

Information Foraging (IF) Theory addresses user strategies and technology for seeking, gathering, and using on-line information. We present IF-based models and evaluations of two interfaces: the Scatter/Gather browser for large document collections, and the Butterfly interface for surfing the citation link structure of scientific literatures. A computational cognitive model, ACT-IF, models observed users by assuming that they have heuristics that optimize their information foraging behavior in accordance with IF theory.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1998
• Where: AVI
• Authors: Peter Pirolli, Stuart K. Card
• Keywords: AVI 1998, Information Foraging, Models Observed Users, Software Engineering, Theory Addresses User