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Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
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  Classifying Web search queries to identify high revenue generating customers
Ortiz-Cordova A., Jansen B. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 63(7): 1426-1441, 2012.  Type: Article, Reviews: (2 of 2)

The subject of this paper is an experiment that analyzed user behavior in terms of practical consequences. The researchers wanted to make a connection between the intent of a user query and the user’s subsequent actions on th...

Oct 12 2012
  Classifying Web search queries to identify high revenue generating customers
Ortiz-Cordova A., Jansen B. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 63(7): 1426-1441, 2012.  Type: Article, Reviews: (1 of 2)

A Web search engine obtains the majority of its revenue by publishing ads for Web sites that, based on a user’s typed query, are specific to his or her interests. It is thus important to identify visitors who generate high re...

Sep 26 2012
  The relationship between acquaintanceship and coauthorship in scientific collaboration networks
Pepe A. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 62(11): 2121-2132, 2011.  Type: Article

Pepe’s research covers two types of social networks at the Center for Embedded Network Sensing (CENS), which is a multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary organization that is located in California. His research analyzes the n...

Apr 30 2012
  A theory of information need for information retrieval that connects information to knowledge
Cole C. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 62(7): 1216-1231, 2011.  Type: Article

A theoretical outline of a knowledge-based theory of information need is presented in this paper. The author aims to improve the design of information retrieval systems by connecting knowledge formation with the information search proc...

Feb 16 2012
  Cultural bias in Wikipedia content on famous persons
Callahan E., Herring S. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 62(10): 1899-1915, 2011.  Type: Article

The authors compare English and Polish Wikipedia articles about well-known American and Polish people. Thus, four categories exist: Americans described in English, Americans described in Polish, Poles described in English, and Poles de...

Dec 16 2011
  Complexity and the practice of Web information architecture
Burford S. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 62(10): 2024-2037, 2011.  Type: Article

Large organizations tend to implement large and complex Web sites--but how do they actually build and maintain these information structures?...

Dec 8 2011
  Information search and retrieval in microblogs
Efron M. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 62(6): 996-1008, 2011.  Type: Article

Information retrieval (IR) has been a useful computing tool for more than three decades. This 13-page journal paper describes some of the changes in IR associated with using IR from microblogs, such as, for instance, from the tweets ge...

Dec 1 2011
  Videogame preservation and massively multiplayer online role-playing games: a review of the literature
Winget M. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 62(10): 1869-1883, 2011.  Type: Article

This literature survey is about preservation techniques for video game artifacts. Specifically, it discusses massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs)....

Oct 28 2011
  Analysis of public library users’ digital preservation practices
Copeland A. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 62(7): 1288-1300, 2011.  Type: Article

This paper examines various psychological, sociological, and technological factors, as well as personal attitudes, and integrates them to present opportunities for better digital preservation practices. Copeland clearly and concisely d...

Aug 4 2011
  Result diversification based on query-specific cluster ranking
He J., Meij E., de Rijke M. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 62(3): 550-571, 2011.  Type: Article

In information retrieval, queries may have multiple meanings or subtopics. We refer to such queries as “ambiguous” or “multi-faceted.” For example, we could interpret the single-word query for &a...

Jul 22 2011
 
 
 
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