Experimental Evaluation on Associative Keyword Reminder by a Thesaurus

Abstract There is a need for search support as the amount of information on the network grows remarkably. Thesauri can be expected to suggest useful keywords for users search, however, their efficiency as keyword reminders is not well-known. This paper describes an experimental evaluation for clarifying the efficiency of thesauri as a term suggestion source, and gives consideration to the design guideline of the user interface when related terms are recommended by thesauri.