Internet Browsing and Searching: User Evaluations of Category Map and Concept Space Techniques.

Chen, Hsinchun; Houston, Andrea L.; Sewell, Robin R.; Schatz, Bruce R.

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ERIC Number: EJ565479

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Publication Date: 1998

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Internet Browsing and Searching: User Evaluations of Category Map and Concept Space Techniques.

Chen, Hsinchun; Houston, Andrea L.; Sewell, Robin R.; Schatz, Bruce R.

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v49 n7 p582-603 May 15 1998

This study found that a Kohonen self-organizing map (SOM) algorithm for browsing can categorize a large and eclectic Internet-information space into manageable sub-spaces that users can navigate to find relevant home pages. An automatically generated concept-space algorithm for searching was shown to enhance keyword-based Internet searching. Contains 65 references. (PEN)

Descriptors: Algorithms, Concept Mapping, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking, Internet, Keywords, Navigation (Information Systems), Relevance (Information Retrieval), Search Strategies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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