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Predicting the utility of feedback judgements using cognitive load theory
thesis
posted on 2018-07-24, 09:12 authored by Jonathan BackResults from laboratory testing suggest that user-based relevance feedback can
significantly improve retrieval performance. However outside the laboratory,
feedback systems are rarely utilised when implemented. This thesis explores why
users are often reluctant to provide feedback. Modelling interaction involves
reconciling the need for prediction with the seemingly individual-specific effect of
information. Information behaviour is guided by heuristics and not by logical
analysis or deduction. Heuristics impose assumptions that are used to address a
problem in a way that is compatible with an individual's knowledge schemata.
This thesis argues that feedback heuristics are influenced by the cognitive load
imposed on an individual. [Continues.]
Funding
Arts and Humanities Research Board (AHRB) (research studentship).
History
School
- Science
Department
- Information Science
Publisher
© J. BackPublisher statement
This work is made available according to the conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) licence. Full details of this licence are available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Publication date
2003Notes
A Doctoral Thesis. Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Philosophy at Loughborough University.Language
- en