A Framework to Evaluate Interface Suitability for a Given Scenario of Textual Information Retrieval

: Visualization of search results is an essential step in the textual Information Retrieval (IR) process. Indeed, Information Retrieval Interfaces (IRIs) are used as a link between users and IR systems, a simple example being the ranked list proposed by common search engines. Due to the importance that takes visualization of search results, many interfaces have been proposed in the last decade (which can be textual, 2D or 3D IRIs). Two kinds of evaluation methods have been developed: (1) various evaluation methods of these interfaces were proposed aiming at validating ergonomic and cognitive aspects; (2) various evaluation methods were applied on information retrieval systems (IRS) aiming at measuring their effectiveness. However, as far as we know, these two kinds of evaluation methods are disjoint. Indeed, considering a given IRI associated to a given IRS, what happens if we associate this IRI to another IRS not having the same effectiveness. In this context, we propose an IRI evalua...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2011
• Where: JUCS
• Authors: Nicolas Bonnel, Max Chevalier, Claude Chrisment, Gilles Hubert
• Keywords: Information Retrieval Interfaces, Information Retrieval Systems, JUCS 2011, Textual Information Retrieval