Sequential/Spatial, a Survey of Interactive Information Retrieval Methods for Controlled Experimentation and Evaluation
It synthesizes existing research for researchers in interactive information retrieval, but is incremental as a survey without new results.
This survey examines studies comparing sequential and spatial information retrieval systems across various user-centric metrics like navigational behavior, incidental learning, and satisfaction, exploring how information theory and psychology inform interactive retrieval design and evaluation.
This survey presents studies that investigated non-spatial (sequential) and spatial information retrieval systems in parallel during a battery of information-seeking tasks with respect to user navigational behaviors, incidental learning, retrieval performance, cognitive abilities & load, direct manipulation of 2D & 3D interfaces, and satisfaction. I consider how information theory has contributed to the concepts of foraging, sense-making, exploration, and how the applied areas of interactive information retrieval (IIR) and cognitive/behavioral psychology have implemented these concepts into architecture, interface design, experimental design, user study, and evaluation methodology.