Using information scent to model user information needs and actions and the Web Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:86735, abstract = {On the Web, users typically forage for information by navigating from page to page along Web links. Their surfing patterns or actions are guided by their information needs. Researchers need tools to explore the complex interactions between user needs, user actions, and the structures and contents of the Web. In this paper, we describe two computational methods for understanding the relationship between user needs and user actions. First, for a particular pattern of surfing, we seek to infer the ...}, author = {Chi, Ed H. and Pirolli, Peter and Chen, Kim and Pitkow, James E.}, booktitle = {Proceedings of CHI 2001}, citeulike-article-id = {86735}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.17.7905}, keywords = {behavior, information-scent, user, web}, pages = {490--497}, posted-at = {2006-01-18 21:20:21}, priority = {5}, title = {Using information scent to model user information needs and actions and the Web}, url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.17.7905}, year = {2001} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:86735 L3 - citeulike-article-id:86735 N2 - On the Web, users typically forage for information by navigating from page to page along Web links. Their surfing patterns or actions are guided by their information needs. Researchers need tools to explore the complex interactions between user needs, user actions, and the structures and contents of the Web. In this paper, we describe two computational methods for understanding the relationship between user needs and user actions. First, for a particular pattern of surfing, we seek to infer the ... EP - 497 TI - Using information scent to model user information needs and actions and the Web T2 - Proceedings of CHI 2001 SP - 490 KW - behavior KW - information-scent KW - user KW - web AU - Chi, Ed AU - Pirolli, Peter AU - Chen, Kim AU - Pitkow, James PY - 2001/// UR - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.17.7905 ER -