Information Retrieval Interaction

by Peter Ingwersen
 

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Subject

Information Retrieval Interaction is defined as the interactive communication processes that occur during the retrieval of information by involving all the major participants in information retrieval (IR), i.e. the user, the intermediary, and the IR system.

The aims of the book are to establish a unifying scientific approach to IR – a synthesis based on the concept of IR interaction and the Cognitive Viewpoint; to present research and developments in the field of information retrieval based on a new categorisation; and to generate a consolidated framework of functional requirements for intermediary analysis and design – the Mediator Model.
 

Keywords

Information Science, Information Retrieval, IR, Interactive IR, The Cognitive Viewpoint, The Mediator Model
 

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Information Retrieval Interaction was first published in 1992 by Taylor Graham Publishing. This electronic version, published in 2002, was converted to PDF from the original manuscript with no changes apart from typographical adjustments. It has been ensured that the page numbering of the electronic version matches that of the printed version. Both versions can therefore be cited as:

Ingwersen, P. Information Retrieval Interaction. London: Taylor Graham, 1992. X, 246 p.
 

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