Information retrieval is a fundamental component of human information behavior. The ability
to extract useful information from large electronic resources not only is one of the main …

This paper examines the reliability of implicit feedback generated from clickthrough data in
WWW search. Analyzing the users' decision process using eyetracking and comparing …

As information becomes more ubiquitous and the demands that searchers have on search
systems grow, there is a need to support search behaviors beyond simple lookup …

This article examines the reliability of implicit feedback generated from clickthrough data and
query reformulations in World Wide Web (WWW) search. Analyzing the users' decision …

Dwell time on Web pages has been extensively used for various information retrieval tasks.
However, some basic yet important questions have not been sufficiently addressed, eg, what …

Clicks on search results are the most widely used behavioral signals for predicting search
satisfaction. Even though clicks are correlated with satisfaction, they can also be noisy …

A major limitation of most existing retrieval models and systems is that the retrieval decision
is made based solely on the query and document collection; information about the actual …

Exploratory search is an increasingly important activity yet challenging for users. Although
there exists an ample amount of research into understanding exploration, most of the major …

Result clickthrough statistics and dwell time on clicked results have been shown valuable for
inferring search result relevance, but the interpretation of these signals can vary …

Personalization of information retrieval (PIR) is aimed at tailoring a search toward individual
users and user groups by taking account of additional information about users besides their …