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Peer reviewedKraft, Donald H.; Waller, W. G. – Information Processing and Management, 1981
Presents a dynamic model of user behavior when scanning an information storage and retrieval system output list, compares rules for determining the user's optimum stopping point, presents an algorithm for implementing the Bayesian model, and discusses implications for retrieval system design. Provided are 13 figures and 15 references. (Author/RBF)
Descriptors: Algorithms, Bayesian Statistics, Behavior Patterns, Graphs
