We describe an approach for constructing search spaces that consist of highly relevant web pages using similarities between the contents of linked web pages to represent their lin...
Aki Kobayashi, Kuangmin Tan, Katsunori Yamaoka, Yo...
We investigate the effect of search engine brand (i.e., the identifying name or logo that distinguishes a product from its competitors) on evaluation of system performance. This r...
Query expansion of named entities can be employed in order to increase the retrieval effectiveness. A peculiarity of named entities compared to other vocabulary terms is that they...
Giving suggestions to users of Web-based services is a common practice aimed at enhancing their navigation experience. Major Web Search Engines usually provide Suggestions under t...
Ranieri Baraglia, Fidel Cacheda, Victor Carneiro, ...
This paper presents a research proposal on user -oriented evaluation method to compar e the usability of Internet search tools. Cognitive style and problem solving style are identi...