Information foraging theory : adaptive interaction with information / Peter Pirolli.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pirolli, Peter, author.

Series:

Oxford series in human-technology interaction.

Oxford series in human-technology interaction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information behavior.

Human-computer interaction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

1. Information Foraging Theory: Framework and Method 2. Elementary Foraging Models 3. The Ecology of Information Foraging on the World Wide Web 4. Rational Analyses of Information Scent and Web Foraging 5. A Cognitive Model of Information Foraging on the Web 6. A Rational Analysis and Computational Cognitive Model of the Scatter/Gather Document Cluster Browser 7. Stochastic Models of Information Foraging by Information Scent 8. Social Information Foraging 9. Design Heuristics, Engineering Models, and Applications 10. Future Directions: Upward, Downward, Inward, and Outward

Contents:

Contents; 1. Information Foraging Theory: Framework and Method; 2. Elementary Foraging Models; 3. The Ecology of Information Foraging on the World Wide Web; 4. Rational Analyses of Information Scent and Web Foraging; 5. A Cognitive Model of Information Foraging on the Web; 6. A Rational Analysis and Computational Cognitive Model of the Scatter/Gather Document Cluster Browser; 7. Stochastic Models of Information Foraging by Information Scent; 8. Social Information Foraging; 9. Design Heuristics, Engineering Models, and Applications; 10. Future Directions: Upward, Downward, Inward, and Outward

Index Subject Index;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-538779-1

0-19-534666-1

1-4294-6883-1

1-281-15651-5

0-19-972831-3

9786611156510

OCLC:

131054002