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A Relation/Topic-Based Visualisation to Aid Exploratory Search in Large Collections / A Relation/Topic-Based Visualisation to Aid Exploratory Search in Large Collections

This MSc Thesis was performed during a special practice at The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK. In recent years a number of new approaches for visualising and browsing document collections have been developed. These approaches try to address the problems associated with the growing amounts of content available and the changing patterns in the way people interact with information. Users now demand better support for exploring document collections to discover connections, compare and contrast information. Although visual search interfaces have the potential to improve the user experience in exploring document collections compared to textual search interfaces, they have not yet become as popular among users. The reasons for this range from the design of such visual interfaces to the way these interfaces are implemented and used. This work studies these reasons and determines the factors that contribute to an improved visual browsing experience. Consequently, by taking these factors into account, a novel visual search interface that improves exploratory search and the discovery of document relations is designed, implemented and evaluated.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:236482
Date January 2012
CreatorsHerrmannová, Drahomíra
ContributorsBeran, Vítězslav, Smrž, Pavel
PublisherVysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta informačních technologií
Source SetsCzech ETDs
LanguageCzech
Detected LanguageEnglish
Typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess

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