Human-Computer interaction view on information retrieval evaluation

  • Authors:

  • Tiziana Catarci;Stephen Kimani

  • Affiliations:

  • Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy;Jomo Kenyatta University (JKUAT), Nairobi, Kenya

  • Venue:
  • PROMISE'12 Proceedings of the 2012 international conference on Information Retrieval Meets Information Visualization
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

The field of information retrieval (IR) has experienced tremendous growth over the years. Researchers have however identified Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) aspects as important concerns in IR research. Incorporation of HCI techniques in IR can ensure that IR systems intended for human users are developed and evaluated in a way that is consistent with and reflects the needs of those users. The traditional methods of evaluating IR systems have for a long period been largely concerned with system-oriented measurements such as precision and recall, but not on the usability aspects of the IR system. There also are no well-established evaluation approaches for studying users and their interactions with IR systems. This chapter describes the role and place of HCI toward supporting and appropriating the evaluation of IR systems.