Kelly, LiadhORCID: 0000-0003-1131-5238, Bunbury, Paul and Jones, Gareth J.F.ORCID: 0000-0003-2923-8365
(2012)
Evaluating personal information retrieval.
In: 34th European Conference on Information Retrieval, 1-5 Apr 2012, Barcelona, Spain.
Evaluation of personal search over an individual’s personal
information space on the desktop or elsewhere is problematic for reasons relating both to the personal and private nature of the data and the associated personal information needs of collection owners. Indeed challenges
associated with evaluation in this space are recognised as one of the key factors hindering the development of research in personal information retrieval. We present the “personal information retrieval evaluation
(PIRE)” tool, which provides a solution to this evaluation problem using a ‘living laboratory’ approach. This tool allows for the evaluation of retrieval techniques using ‘real’ individuals’ personal collections, queries
and result sets, in a cross-comparable repeatable way, while importantly maintaining an individual’s informational privacy.
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Item Type:
Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Event Type:
Conference
Refereed:
Yes
Uncontrolled Keywords:
Living lab; personal information retrieval evaluation