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Ian Ruthven
Researcher at University of Strathclyde
Publications - 181
Citations - 4560
Ian Ruthven is an academic researcher from University of Strathclyde. The author has contributed to research in topics: Relevance (information retrieval) & Information seeking. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 168 publications receiving 4222 citations. Previous affiliations of Ian Ruthven include University UCINF & University of Glasgow.
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A survey on the use of relevance feedback for information access systems
Ian Ruthven,Mounia Lalmas +1 more
TL;DR: This paper surveys relevance feedback techniques and studies both automatic techniques, in which the system modifies the user's query, and interactive techniques, which the user has control over query modification.
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How users assess web pages for information seeking
TL;DR: The results of this study provide a set of criteria used by searchers to decide about the utility of Web pages for different types of tasks and can have implications for the design of systems that use or recommend Web pages.
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Re-examining the potential effectiveness of interactive query expansion
TL;DR: It is shown that, on average, human searchers are less likely than systems to make good expansion decisions, and searchers must have adequate instructions on how to use interactive query expansion functionalities.
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Finding relevant documents using top ranking sentences: an evaluation of two alternative schemes
TL;DR: An evaluation of techniques that are designed to encourage web searchers to interact more with the results of a web search shows that the techniques are effective and efficient for information seeking.
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The Use of Implicit Evidence for Relevance Feedback in Web Retrieval
TL;DR: The research focuses on the degree to which implicit evidence of document relevance can be substituted for explicit evidence in terms of both user opinion and search effectiveness.