Title :
Evaluation task in Interactive Topic Detection and Tracking
Author :
Mohd, Masnizah ; Crestani, Fabio ; Ruthven, Ian
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia
Abstract :
Interactive Topic Detection and Tracking (iTDT) is a branch of TDT research focusing on the aspects of user interface and user interaction. Thus, user tasks are the main focus in iTDT. This paper described the methodology used to design and to evaluate the Tracking and the Detection task. The tasks were designed to support the journalists to perform it in a way that it is in line with their task. Interactive Event Tracking System (iEvent) was used in the user experiment and the procedure of performing the TDT tasks using iEvent was explained.
Keywords :
electronic publishing; information resources; interactive systems; task analysis; user interfaces; TDT research; TDT task; interactive event tracking system; interactive topic detection; task evaluation; topic tracking; user interaction; user interface; Companies; Context; Corporate acquisitions; Feature extraction; Monitoring; Training; User interfaces; Topic Detection and Tracking; user tasks;
Conference_Titel :
Semantic Technology and Information Retrieval (STAIR), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Putrajaya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-354-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-61284-353-7
DOI :
10.1109/STAIR.2011.5995780
