Information foraging models of browsers for very large document spaces.

• Proceedings of the Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI '98)

Information Foraging (IF) Theory addresses user strategies and technology for seeking, gathering, and using on-line information. We present IF-based models and evaluations of two interfaces: the Scatter/Gather browser for large document collections, and the Butterfly interface for surfing the citation link structure of scientific literatures. A computational cognitive model, ACT-IF, models observed users by assuming that they have heuristics that optimize their information foraging behavior in accordance with IF theory.

citation

Pirolli, P. L. ; Card, S. K. Information foraging models of browsers for very large document spaces. Proceedings of the Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI '98); 1998 May 24-27; Aquila; Italy. NY: ACM; 1998; 83-93.