Time-Quality Trade-offs in Search
Ryan Burton · 2016
In this paper, I propose a research agenda surrounding the notion of slow search, where retrieval speed may be traded for improvements in result quality. This time-quality trade- off leads to a number of implications in the areas of human- computer interaction and information retrieval algorithms, and I plan to explore this space along various dimensions, including adjustments in user behavior when exposed to new search paradigms, investigating the utility a user perceives when given the option to use slow search in addition to traditional search, and examining different notions of 'quality'.