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Kitajima & Polson (2002)

Kitajima, M. & Polson, P.G. (2002). LICAI/BT: A Comprehension-Based Model of Item Selection with Backtracking Capability. International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems.

 

LICAI/BT: A Comprehension-Based Model of Item Selection with Backtracking Capability

When computers are used to execute tasks, it is often necessary for the user to locate a target item in a menu or a list. For example, users of office applications select appropriate commands from a hierarchical menu to display dialog boxes and edit file or table attributes. To locate the desired information on the Web, users select the most appropriate candidate out of those presented by a search engine, and proceed through a series of hyperlinks that appear to be related to the task. However, it is commonly observed that the user does not always select the item on its first appearance; the user dismisses the item on the first visit and backtracks, and eventually selects it on a later visit. This paper describes a comprehension-based model, LICAI/BT, which is capable of simulating user's item selection including backtracking and selection-on-revisit.

 

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