The potential of Recall and Precision as interface design parameters for information retrieval systems situated in everyday environments
Ayman Moghnieh, Josep Blat · 2011
this paper, we investigate ways for a tighter integration of IR and HCI in new urban contexts, as HCI expands its reach outside the workplace towards environments where efficiency and performance no longer constitute the backbone of interaction requirements. In particular, we propose to use Recall and Precision as design parameters to describe the information settings and performance of situated interfaces acting as retrieval systems in these environments. To explore this notion, we follow an inductive design research process by which different prototypes are designed, developed, and evaluated. Our experience shows that Recall and Precision, as design parameters, help to reflect the information requirements onto the interface design, and contribute to adapting IR to the contemporary challenges it faces, although more work is needed to consolidate its role vis-a-vis the growing ubiquity of computer technologies.