NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Querying a Hypertext Information Retrieval System by the Use of Classification.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Aboud, M.; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1993
Presents an information systems navigation approach using a combination of functionalities encountered in classification processes, Hypertext systems, and information retrieval systems. The first version of the SYRIUS system is described, with emphasis on the user's graphic interface which integrates these functionalities. (26 references) (EA)
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Graphics, Computer System Design, Hypermedia
Design and Implementation of an Experimental Cataloging Advisor--Mapper.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Ercegovac, Zorana; Borko, Harold – Information Processing and Management, 1992
Describes the design of an experimental computer-aided cataloging advisor, Mapper, that was developed to help novice users with the descriptive cataloging of single-sheet maps from U.S. publishers. The human-computer interface is considered, the use of HyperCard is discussed, the knowledge base is explained, and assistance screens are described.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer System Design, Hypermedia, Literature Reviews
SHRIF, a General-Purpose System for Heuristic Retrieval of Information and Facts, Applied to Medical Knowledge Processing.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Findler, Nicholas V.; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1992
Describes SHRIF, a System for Heuristic Retrieval of Information and Facts, and the medical knowledge base that was used in its development. Highlights include design decisions; the user-machine interface, including the language processor; and the organization of the knowledge base in an artificial intelligence (AI) project like this one. (57…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Computer System Design, Heuristics, Information Retrieval
Online Searching Using Speech as a Man/Machine Interface.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Peters, B. F.; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1989
Describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a voice interface for the British Library Blaise Online Information Retrieval System. Results of the evaluation show that the use of currently available speech recognition and synthesis hardware, along with intelligent software, can provide an interface well suited to the needs of online…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer System Design, Foreign Countries, Input Output Devices
BRAQUE: Design of an Interface to Support User Interaction in Information Retrieval.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Belkin, Nicholas J.; And Others – Information Processing and Management, 1993
Discusses information retrieval as an inherently interactive process utilizing a variety of information-seeking strategies on informational and meta-informational levels. An interface design for a bibliographic information retrieval system, called BRAQUE (BRowsing And QUEry), that supports user interactions in a two-level hypertext environment is…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer System Design, Hypermedia, Information Retrieval
Towards a Cognitive Theory of Information Accessing: An Empirical Study.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Ford, Nigel; Ford, Rosalind – Information Processing and Management, 1993
Discussion of information retrieval, knowledge representation, and computer-assisted learning focuses on a study that created a computer-based system designed to observe and record users' interactions with an ideal knowledge base consisting of unrevealed subject experts, appropriate documentation, and computer files. Information accessing…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cognitive Style, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer System Design
INN: An Intelligent Negotiating Neural Network for Information Systems: A Design Model.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Meghabghab, George V.; Meghabghab, Dania B. – Information Processing and Management, 1994
Presents an Intelligent Negotiating Neural Network Design Model for solving the problem of poor information retrieval in subject searches of online catalogs. The purpose of the network, its architecture, and three different sessions of the user interface are described. Nineteen figures showing screens of the three sessions are appended. (Contains…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Expert Systems, Illustrations, Information Retrieval