In this paper, we propose to model the blended search problem by assuming conditional dependencies among queries, VSEs and search results. The probability distributions of this mo...
Purpose – This paper reports the findings of a major study examining the overlap among results retrieved by three major web search engines. The goal of the research was to: mea...
Amanda Spink, Bernard J. Jansen, Chris Blakely, Sh...
Argues that metrics can be generated from search transactional Web logs that can help evaluate search engine effectiveness. Search logs from the BBC Website were analysed and metr...
Paul Huntington, David Nicholas, Hamid R. Jamali M...
We propose a novel mode of feedback for image search, where a user describes which properties of exemplar images should be adjusted in order to more closely match his/her mental m...
Web searching is a significant activity for many people seeking multimedia information. Major Web search engines, such as Alta Vista, are essential tools in the quest to locate re...