Users frequently modify a previous search query in hope of retrieving better results. These modifications are called query reformulations or query refinements. Existing research h...
This paper reports an experiment into the design of crossmodal icons which can provide an alternative form of output for mobile devices using audio and tactile modalities to commu...
Whilst multimedia technology has been one of the main contributing factors behind the Web's success, delivery of personalised multimedia content has been a desire seldom achi...
Sherry Y. Chen, Gheorghita Ghinea, Robert D. Macre...
Several recent studies have found only a weak relationship between the performance of a retrieval system and the "success" achievable by human searchers. We hypothesize ...
Recent years have seen a growing interest in research into patent retrieval. One of the key issues in conducting information retrieval (IR) research is meaningful evaluation of the...