Representing User Navigation in XML Retrieval with Structural Summaries

Abstract. This poster presents a novel way to represent user navigation in XML retrieval using collection statistics from XML summaries. Currently, developing user navigation models in XML retrieval is costly and the models are specific to collected user assessments. We address this problem by proposing summary navigation models which describe user navigation in terms of XML summaries. We develop our proposal using assessments collected in the interactive track at INEX 2006. Our preliminary results suggest that summary navigation models can represent user navigation in a way that is effective for evaluation and allows economic re-use of assessments for new tasks and collections.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: ECIR
• Authors: Mir Sadek Ali, Mariano P. Consens, Birger Larsen
• Keywords: Computer Science, ECIR 2009, Summary Navigation Models, User Assessments, User Navigation Models