Understanding information seeking behavior through network traffic analysis
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Author(s)
Weaver, Cyrus-Charles
Advisor(s)
Erik Brynjolfsson And Sinan Aral.
Date Issued
2008
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
Many of today's information workers use the Internet as a valuable first-choice source for new knowledge. As such, Internet based information seeking is a key part of how information workers find information. This study develops techniques to quantify the information seeking patterns of information workers by looking at Web Site diversity, page rank, and general statistics of Web Site viewership. Future research by our group will build on these measurement techniques and explore the relationship between information worker productivity and Internet information seeking behavior.
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Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 150-151).
Subjects
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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