Posted by Melanie Herschel and Yannis Tzitzikas and K. Selcuk Candan and Amelie Marian

Exploratory search: New name for an old hat?

Exploratory search has gained prominence in recent years. There is an increased interest from several scientific communities, from the information retrieval and database to human-computer interaction and visualization communities, in moving beyond the traditional query-browse-refine model supported by web search engines and database systems alike, and towards support for human intelligence amplification and information understanding. […]