A Markov Chain Model for Changes in Users’ Assessment of Search Results

Previous research shows that users tend to change their assessment of search results over time. This is a first study that investigates the factors and reasons for these changes, and describes a stochastic model of user behaviour that may explain these changes. In particular, we hypothesise that mos...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhitomirsky-Geffet, Maayan, Bar-Ilan, Judit, Levene, Mark
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4865169/