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Map displays for information retrieval

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  • Xia Lin

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The focus of this article is to develop a map display for information retrieval. Through an examination of relationships among visual displays, information retrieval, and browsing, advantages of visual displays for information retrieval are characterized as (1) the ability to convey a large amount of information in a limited space, (2) the potential to reveal semantic relationships of terms and documents, and (3) the facilitation of browsing and perceptual inferences on retrieval interfaces. These advantages are further demonstrated through a map display generated by a neural network's self‐organizing algorithm. The map display detects complex relationships among given documents, and reveals the relationships through a spatial arrangement of terms abstracted from the documents. The map display also provides interactive tools to allow the user to interact with the underlying information. Examples of the map displays show that such map displays can be used both as an overview tool and an access or exploration tool, and the map displays will likely increase the amount of information that the user is willing to browse.

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  • Xia Lin, 1997. "Map displays for information retrieval," Journal of the American Society for Information Science, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 48(1), pages 40-54, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamest:v:48:y:1997:i:1:p:40-54
    DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4571(199701)48:13.0.CO;2-1
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    1. Jean-Charles Lamirel & Shadi Al Shehabi & Claire Francois & Xavier Polanco, 2004. "Using a compound approach based on elaborated neural network for Webometrics: An example issued from the EICSTES project," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 61(3), pages 427-441, November.
    2. Ed Noyons, 2001. "Bibliometric mapping of science in a policy context," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 50(1), pages 83-98, January.
    3. Sarlin, Peter, 2014. "Macroprudential oversight, risk communication and visualization," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 61217, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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    5. Sarlin, Peter, 2016. "Macroprudential oversight, risk communication and visualization," Journal of Financial Stability, Elsevier, vol. 27(C), pages 160-179.

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