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| Information Processing and… | 7 |
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| Cooper, William S. | 1 |
| Dominick, Wayne D. | 1 |
| Maybury, Mark T. | 1 |
| Ostroff, Daniel | 1 |
| Paul, Arthur | 1 |
| Shneiderman, Ben | 1 |
| Sparck Jones, Karen | 1 |
| Trenner, Lesley | 1 |
| Wilkerson, Leonard | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 7 |
| Reports - Research | 4 |
| Information Analyses | 2 |
| Opinion Papers | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
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Peer reviewedWilkerson, Leonard; Paul, Arthur – Information Processing and Management, 1985
Presents a general definition of a system; outlines a collection of properties identified through a review of the literature to be used as a criterion for determining whether an aggregation of objects is a system; and tests a computer-based system against the checklist to see how it measures up. (MBR)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Classification, Definitions, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedCooper, William S. – Information Processing and Management, 1988
Describes several problems encountered when using the Boolean model of information retrieval, and for each problem offers a nontraditional design principle that overcomes the difficulty. The problems discussed are the unfriendliness of Boolean formulas, null output and output overload, undifferentiated facets, interpreting weights, and term…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Information Retrieval, Online Searching, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedTrenner, Lesley – Information Processing and Management, 1989
Describes a comparative study of the "help" facilities of 16 interactive information retrieval systems. Guidelines for the design of a "help" facility are presented and then used to evaluate the quality and friendliness of each system. Suggestions for the improvement of online "help" facilities are discussed. (31…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer System Design, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines
Peer reviewedOstroff, Daniel; Shneiderman, Ben – Information Processing and Management, 1988
Describes a study that measured the speed, error rates, and subjective evaluation of arrow jump keys, a jump mouse, number keys, and a touch screen in an interactive encyclopedia. The results of previous studies are discussed as well as the findings of this study. Improvements in selection devices are suggested. (41 references) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Encyclopedias, Evaluation Criteria, Man Machine Systems
Peer reviewedMaybury, Mark T. – Information Processing and Management, 1989
Describes a computational model of the human process of generating text. The system design and generation process are discussed with particular attention to domain independence and cross language portability. The results of system tests are presented, the generator is evaluated with respect to current generators, and future directions are…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Computer System Design, Discourse Analysis, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedSparck Jones, Karen – Information Processing and Management, 1988
Argues that the best strategy for building integrated, personalized information systems consists of linguistically oriented knowledge and inference, rather than artificial intelligence techniques. The discussion addresses difficulties in the evaluation of such systems and strategies for devising performance studies. (five references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Linguistics, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedDominick, Wayne D. – Information Processing and Management, 1987
Describes the concept of an integrated environment which allows managers to evaluate and measure the performance of computer based information systems. Both system efficiency evaluation and user interaction evaluation are addressed, and MADAM, a system currently operational at the University of Southwestern Louisiana, is briefly described.…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Integrated Activities
