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A Case Study of User Behavior in Information Retrieval

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Intelligent Computing, Communication and Devices

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 308))

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Information retrieval has taken an important turn when the researchers started using user behavior to improve their ranking algorithms. With the advent of user behavior in information retrieval, the interactive information retrieval is beginning to make its mark. In this paper, we discuss how user behavior is being used in information retrieval. We survey various strategies used for incorporating user behavior into information retrieval. The key fact is that taking absolute feedback about whether the retrieved documents are relevant or not is very difficult, and if we can take the implicit feedback from the user in the form of user behavior, we can arrive at a better learning function for the algorithm. We, in this paper, would like to provide a case study of various approaches in using user behavior for information retrieval.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar, 751003, India

    Venkata Udaya Sameer & Rakesh Chandra Balabantaray

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  1. Venkata Udaya Sameer
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  1. University of Canberra, Faculty of Education, Science, Technology and Mathematics, Canberra, Australia, and University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

  2. Department of Computer Science and Engin, SOA University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

    Srikanta Patnaik

  3. Department of Premier and Cabinet, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

    Nikhil Ichalkaranje

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Sameer, V.U., Balabantaray, R.C. (2015). A Case Study of User Behavior in Information Retrieval. In: Jain, L., Patnaik, S., Ichalkaranje, N. (eds) Intelligent Computing, Communication and Devices. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 308. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-2012-1_10

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