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Characteristics of the Boolean web search query: estimating success from characteristics
conference contribution
posted on 2023-05-23, 03:19 authored by Patro, S, Malhotra, VPopular web search engines use Boolean queries as their main interface for users to search their information needs. The paper presents results a user survey employing volunteer web searchers to determine the effectiveness of the Boolean queries in meeting the information needs. A metric for measuring the quality of a web search query is presented. This enables us to relate attributes of the search session and the Boolean query with its success. Certain easily identified characteristics of a good web search query are identified.
History
Publication title
Proceedings the 1st International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies 2005Editors
J Cordeiro, V Pedrosa, B Enarnacao & J FlilpePagination
340-344ISBN
972-8865-20-1Department/School
School of Information and Communication TechnologyPublisher
INSTICCPlace of publication
PortugalEvent title
WEBIST: International Conference on Web Information Systems and TechnologiesEvent Venue
Miami, USADate of Event (Start Date)
2005-05-26Date of Event (End Date)
2005-05-28Repository Status
- Restricted
