In many retrieval tasks, one important goal involves retrieving a diverse set of results (e.g., documents covering a wide range of topics for a search query). First of all, this r...
CogTool-Explorer is a tool to predict user exploration choices given a user interface and task. We describe the integration of components that make up CogToolExplorer, and how it ...
We present an approach to learning the personal preferences of individual users directly from example images. The target application is computer assisted search of partners in onl...
To understand how people search for a known target item in an unordered pull-down menu, this research presents cognitive models that vary serial versus parallel processing of menu...
We report on a study of topic dynamics for pages visited by a sample of people using MSN Search. We examine the predictive accuracies of probabilistic models of topic transitions ...