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Scatter/Gather: A Cluster-based Approach to Browsing Large Document Collections
, 1992
"... Document clustering has not been well received as an information retrieval tool. Objections to its use fall into two main categories: first, that clustering is too slow for large corpora (with running time often quadratic in the number of documents); and second, that clustering does not appreciably ..."
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improve retrieval. We argue that these problems arise only when clustering is used in an attempt to improve conventional search techniques. However, looking at clustering as an information access tool in its own right obviates these objections, and provides a powerful new access paradigm. We present a
SELECTION AND INFORMATION: A CLASS-BASED APPROACH TO LEXICAL RELATIONSHIPS
, 1993
"... Selectional constraints are limitations on the applicability of predicates to arguments. For example, the statement “The number two is blue” may be syntactically well formed, but at some level it is anomalous — BLUE is not a predicate that can be applied to numbers. According to the influential theo ..."
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Selectional constraints are limitations on the applicability of predicates to arguments. For example, the statement “The number two is blue” may be syntactically well formed, but at some level it is anomalous — BLUE is not a predicate that can be applied to numbers. According to the influential
Dispositional differences in cognitive motivation: The life and times of individuals varying in need for cognition
- Psych. Bull
, 1996
"... Need for cognition in contemporary literature refers to an individual's tendency to engage in and enjoy effortful cognitive ndeavors. Individual differences inneed for cognition have been the focus of investigation i over 100 empirical studies. This literature isreviewed, covering the theory an ..."
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with discus-sions of an elaborated theory of the variable, including antecedent conditions; interindividual varia-tions in it related to the manner information isacquired or processed to guide perceptions, judg-ments, and behavior; and the relationship between itand the 5-factor model of personality structure
The Technological Society
, 1964
"... A penetrating analysis of our technical civilization and of the effect of an increasingly standardized culture on the future of man ..."
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A penetrating analysis of our technical civilization and of the effect of an increasingly standardized culture on the future of man
4. Enhancing Intrinsic Motivations............................................................................................... 15 5 Enhancing Extrinsic Motivations.........................................................................................
"... Encouraging contribution to online communities........................................................................... 1 ..."
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The Effect of Extrinsic Motivation on User Behavior in a Collaborative Information Finding System
- Journal of the American Society of Information Science and Technology
, 2001
"... provided by users assist other users with similar needs. This article examines the problem of getting users to provide evaluations, thus overcoming the so-called “free-riding ” behavior of users. Free riders are those whousetheinformationprovidedbyotherswithoutcontributing evaluations of their own. ..."
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. This article reports on an experiment conducted using the “AntWorld, ” system, acollaborative information finding system for the Internet, to explore the effect of added motivation on users’ behavior. The findings suggest that for the system to be effective, users must be motivated either by the environment
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