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Beyond Cumulated Gain and Average Precision: Including Willingness and Expectation in the User Model

Information Retrieval 2012-09-21 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we define a new metric family based on two concepts: The definition of the stopping criterion and the notion of satisfaction, where the former depends on the willingness and expectation of a user exploring search results. Both concepts have been discussed so far in the IR literature, but we argue in this paper that defining a proper single valued metric depends on merging them into a single conceptual framework.

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@article{arxiv.1209.4479,
  title  = {Beyond Cumulated Gain and Average Precision: Including Willingness and Expectation in the User Model},
  author = {Benjamin Piwowarski and Georges Dupret and Mounia Lalmas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1209.4479},
  year   = {2012}
}