A Qualitative Look at Eye-tracking for Implicit Relevance Feedback

Our goal in this study was to explore the potentials of extracting features from eye-tracking data that have the potential to improve performance in implicit relevance feedback. We view this type of data as an example of the searcher’ immediate context and as containing useful clues of the indications of the interaction between the searcher and the IR system. In particular, we explored if we could qualitatively identify features have potential to improve performance in implicit relevance feedback, and how such features correlate with document elements assessed as relevant or non-relevant. The results point to so-called thorough reading as one of the most promising features for identifying relevant information as input for implicit relevance feedback – in particular when it is related to the total time the searcher has looked an element. Keywords. Eye-tracking ; Implicit Relevance Feedback ; Thorough reading ; INEX Interactive Track

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: CONTEXT
• Authors: Kirsten Kirkegaard Moe, Jeanette M. Jensen, Birger Larsen
• Keywords: CONTEXT 2007, Eye-tracking Data, Implicit Relevance Feedback, Information Management, Thorough Reading