A User Evaluation of Hierarchical Phrase Browsing

Phrase browsing interfaces based on hierarchies of phrases extracted automatically from document collections offer a useful compromise between automatic full-text searching and manually-created subject indexes. The literature contains descriptions of such systems that many find compelling and persuasive. However, evaluation studies have either been anecdotal, or focused on

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: ERCIMDL
• Authors: Katrina D. Edgar, David M. Nichols, Gordon W. Paynter, Kirsten Thomson, Ian H. Witten
• Keywords: Automatic Full-text Searching, ERCIMDL 2003, Manually-created Subject Indexes, Phrase Browsing Interfaces