TY - JOUR
T1 - Interactive faceted query suggestion for exploratory search
T2 - Whole-session effectiveness and interaction engagement
AU - Ruotsalo, Tuukka
AU - Jacucci, Giulio
AU - Kaski, Samuel
N1 - Funding Information:
The research was supported by the Academy of Finland (Flagship programme: Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence, FCAI, and Grants 313610, 292334, 313195, 319264) and by the European Commission (MindSee FP7-ICT; Grant Agreement no.: 611570, CO-ADAPT H2020; Grant Agreement no.: 826266). We want to thank Aki Reijonen, Samuli Kaipiainen, and Ksenia Konyushkova for their work on the underlying IR system.
Funding Information:
The research was supported by the Academy of Finland (Flagship programme: Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence, FCAI, and Grants 313610, 292334, 313195, 319264) and by the European Commission (MindSee FP7‐ICT; Grant Agreement no.: 611570, CO‐ADAPT H2020; Grant Agreement no.: 826266). We want to thank Aki Reijonen, Samuli Kaipiainen, and Ksenia Konyushkova for their work on the underlying IR system.
Publisher Copyright:
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Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/7/1
Y1 - 2020/7/1
N2 - The outcome of exploratory information retrieval is not only dependent on the effectiveness of individual responses to a set of queries, but also on relevant information retrieved during the entire exploratory search session. We study the effect of search assistance, operationalized as an interactive faceted query suggestion, for both whole-session effectiveness and engagement through interactive faceted query suggestion. A user experiment is reported, where users performed exploratory search tasks, comparing interactive faceted query suggestion and a control condition with only conventional typed-query interaction. Data comprised of interaction and search logs show that the availability of interactive faceted query suggestion substantially improves whole-session effectiveness by increasing recall without sacrificing precision. The increased engagement with interactive faceted query suggestion is targeted to direct situated navigation around the initial query scope, but is not found to improve individual queries on average. The results imply that research in exploratory search should focus on measuring and designing tools that engage users with directed situated navigation support for improving whole-session performance.
AB - The outcome of exploratory information retrieval is not only dependent on the effectiveness of individual responses to a set of queries, but also on relevant information retrieved during the entire exploratory search session. We study the effect of search assistance, operationalized as an interactive faceted query suggestion, for both whole-session effectiveness and engagement through interactive faceted query suggestion. A user experiment is reported, where users performed exploratory search tasks, comparing interactive faceted query suggestion and a control condition with only conventional typed-query interaction. Data comprised of interaction and search logs show that the availability of interactive faceted query suggestion substantially improves whole-session effectiveness by increasing recall without sacrificing precision. The increased engagement with interactive faceted query suggestion is targeted to direct situated navigation around the initial query scope, but is not found to improve individual queries on average. The results imply that research in exploratory search should focus on measuring and designing tools that engage users with directed situated navigation support for improving whole-session performance.
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U2 - 10.1002/asi.24304
DO - 10.1002/asi.24304
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074021538
SN - 2330-1635
VL - 71
SP - 742
EP - 756
JO - Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
JF - Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
IS - 7
ER -