Layered Evaluation of Adaptive Search
Peter L. Brusilovsky, Rosta Farzan, Jae‐wook Ahn · 2006
The goal of this paper is to discuss how adaptive search systems which embed exploratory options should be evaluated. We argue that a state-of-the art evaluation of adaptive search systems should follow a “layered evaluation ” approach. To support and explain this argument we describe how the layered approach was applied to the evaluation of the adaptive search component of Knowledge Sea II, a system that is powered by a social navigation support mechanism. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.3.4 [Systems and Software]: Performance evaluation (efficiency and effectiveness)