Boolean search: Current state and perspectives

Frants, Valery I.; Shapiro, Jacob; Voiskunskii, Vladimir G.; Taksa, Isak

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(1999)50:1<86::aid-asi10>3.3.co;2-z

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“…Most operational information retrieval (IR) systems use Boolean logic during search as the semantic structure (Frants et al, 1999). Regardless of its popularity among IR systems, numerous criticisms have been associated with Boolean capabilities.…”

Section: Semanticsmentioning

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“…Although researchers interpret these difficulties in many ways, the apparent complexity among users is considered one of the major shortcomings of Boolean systems (Frants et al, 1999). The intricacy of Boolean systems may be the reason that search users rarely use Boolean operators in their search queries.…”

Section: Semanticsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, they might be unaware that the system they are using is a Boolean system (Frants et al, 1999). Frants et al (1999) pointed out that criticisms regarding Boolean systems do not discredit the Boolean principle in any way as a means of information retrieval. However, systems designed for casual users should only make use of control systems that are prevalent among the general population.…”

Section: Semanticsmentioning

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The effects of semantic and syntactic instruction on user performance and satisfaction in search user interface design

Bandos¹,

Resnick²

2004

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Bandos, Jennifer M., "The effects of semantic and syntactic instruction on user performance and satisfaction in search user interface design" (2003 We have read this thesis and recommend that it be approved. Ronald GiachettiShih-Ming Lee The effects of syntactic, semantic and exemplar search hints on user behavior were evaluated in an empirical investigation using naturalistic scenarios. Combining the three search hint components, each with two levels of intensity, in a factorial design generated eight search engine interfaces. Eighty participants participated in the study and each completed six realistic search tasks.Results revealed that the inclusion of search hints improved user effectiveness, efficiency and confidence when using the search interfaces, but with complex interactions that require specific guidelines for search interface designers. These design guidelines will allow search designers to create more effective interfaces for a variety of search applications.

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Section: Semanticsmentioning

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Section: Semanticsmentioning

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Section: Semanticsmentioning

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The effects of semantic and syntactic instruction on user performance and satisfaction in search user interface design

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2004

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“…It is a common problem that if a query is restrictive, then either the right information is obtained or no information is obtained. The users' original queries are also very important because many researches noted that query expansion led to the greatest improvement in performance when the original query gave reasonable retrieval results, whereas expansion was less effective when the original query had performed badly (Frants, Shapiro, Taksa, & Voiskunskii, 1999; Peat & Willett, 1991).…”

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Bibliometric information retrieval system (BIRS): A web search interface utilizing bibliometric research results

Ding

Chowdhury

Foo

et al. 2000

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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The aim of this article is to test whether the results obtained from a specific bibliographic research can be applied to a real search environment and enhance the level of utility of an information retrieval session for all levels of end users. In this respect, a Web‐based Bibliometric Information Retrieval System (BIRS) has been designed and created, with facilities to assist the end users to get better understanding of their search domain, formulate and expand their search queries, and visualize the bibliographic research results. There are three specific features in the system design of the BIRS: the information visualization feature of the BIRS (cocitation maps) to guide the end users to identify the important research groups and capture the detailed information about the intellectual structure of the search domain; the multilevel browsing feature to allow the end users to go to different levels of interesting topics; and the common user interface feature to enable the end users to search all kinds of databases regardless of different searching systems, different working platforms, different database producer and supplier, such as different Web search engines, different library OPACs, or different on‐line databases. A preliminary user evaluation study of BIRS revealed that users generally found it easy to form and expand their queries, and that BIRS helped them acquire useful background information about the search domain. They also pointed out aspects of information visualization, multilevel browsing, and common user interface as novel characteristics exhibited by BIRS.

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“…Research within the Cranfield paradigm has shared a very critical attitude towards the Boolean IR model [7]. The studies of Salton [21] and Turtle [30] are examples of attempts to show empirically the overall superiority of the best match IR models over the Boolean IR model.…”

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A novel method for the evaluation of Boolean query effectiveness across a wide operational range

Sormunen

2000

Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval

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Traditional methods for the system-oriented evaluation of Boolean IR systems suffer from validity and reliability problems. Laboratory-based research neglects the searcher and studies suboptimal queries. Research on operational systems falls to make a distinction between searcher performance and system performance. This approach is neither capable of measuring performance at standard points of operation (e.g. across R0.0-RI.0).A new laboratory-based evaluation method for Boolean IR systems is proposed. It is based on a controlled formulation of inclusive query plans, on an automatic conversion of query plans into elementary queries, and on combining elementary queries into optimal queries at standard points of operation. Major results of a large case experiment are reported. The validity, reliability, and efficiency of the method are considered in the light of empirical and analytical test data.

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Boolean search: Current state and perspectives

Cited by 20 publications

References 22 publications

The effects of semantic and syntactic instruction on user performance and satisfaction in search user interface design

The effects of semantic and syntactic instruction on user performance and satisfaction in search user interface design

Bibliometric information retrieval system (BIRS): A web search interface utilizing bibliometric research results

A novel method for the evaluation of Boolean query effectiveness across a wide operational range

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