Publication

Effective interaction principles for online product search environments

Boi Faltings, Pearl Pu Faltings, Marc Torrens Arnal
2004
Conference Papers

Abstract

The problems associated with computerized search tools in online product search environments are discussed. The application of the Utility Theory, using a tool for the travel planning domain is illustrated. The features of Isy-Travel, a tool based on Smart Client Technology, are also discussed. The tool allows users to search for a flight itinerary according to their personal preferences and constraints.

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Boi Faltings, Pearl Pu Faltings, Marc Torrens Arnal
2004
Conference Papers

Abstract

Official source

https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/fd1a6d25-8b28-4ee1-ac0d-380bb9f61849

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Search engine

A search engine is a software system that finds web pages that match a web search. They search the World Wide Web in a systematic way for particular information specified in a textual web search query. The search results are generally presented in a line of results, often referred to as search engine results pages (SERPs). The information may be a mix of hyperlinks to web pages, images, videos, infographics, articles, and other types of files. Some search engines also mine data available in databases or open directories.

Utility

As a topic of economics, utility is used to model worth or value. Its usage has evolved significantly over time. The term was introduced initially as a measure of pleasure or happiness as part of the theory of utilitarianism by moral philosophers such as Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill. The term has been adapted and reapplied within neoclassical economics, which dominates modern economic theory, as a utility function that represents a consumer's ordinal preferences over a choice set, but is not necessarily comparable across consumers or possessing a cardinal interpretation.

Yahoo! Search

Yahoo! Search is a Yahoo! internet search provider that uses Microsoft's Bing search engine to power results, since 2009, apart from four years with Google from 2015 until the end of 2018. Originally, "Yahoo! Search" referred to a Yahoo!-provided interface that sent queries to a searchable index of pages supplemented with its directory of websites. The results were presented to the user under the Yahoo! brand. Originally, none of the actual web crawling and data housing was done by Yahoo! itself.