Free-Text Search versus Complex Web Forms

Kien Tjin-Kam-Jet; Rudolf Berend Trieschnigg; Djoerd Hiemstra

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-20161-5_67

Free-Text Search versus Complex Web Forms

Kien Tjin-Kam-Jet, Rudolf Berend Trieschnigg, Djoerd Hiemstra

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Abstract

We investigated the use of free-text queries as an alternative means for searching ‘behind’ web forms. We conducted a user study where we evaluated our prototype free-text interface in a travel planner scenario. Our results show that users prefer this free-text interface over the original web form and that they are about 9% faster on average at completing their search tasks.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	33rd European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2011
Editors	Paul Clough
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Pages	670-674
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-20160-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20161-5_67
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	33rd European Conference on Information Retrieval, ECIR 2011: (IR Resarch) - Dublin, Ireland Duration: 18 Apr 2011 → 21 Apr 2011 Conference number: 33

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Volume	6611
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	33rd European Conference on Information Retrieval, ECIR 2011
Abbreviated title	ECIR
Country/Territory	Ireland
City	Dublin
Period	18/04/11 → 21/04/11

Keywords

METIS-277673
IR-77552
EWI-20249
CR-H.5.2
CR-H.3.3

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Tjin-Kam-Jet, K, Trieschnigg, RB & Hiemstra, D 2011, Free-Text Search versus Complex Web Forms. in P Clough (ed.), 33rd European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 6611, Springer, Berlin, pp. 670-674, 33rd European Conference on Information Retrieval, ECIR 2011, Dublin, Ireland, 18/04/11. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-20161-5_67

Free-Text Search versus Complex Web Forms. / Tjin-Kam-Jet, Kien; Trieschnigg, Rudolf Berend; Hiemstra, Djoerd.
33rd European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2011. ed. / Paul Clough. Berlin: Springer, 2011. p. 670-674 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 6611).

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