Questions and Information Systems

Erscheinungsjahr 1992
ISBN: 978-0-8058-1018-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Inc

Buch, Englisch, 384 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 794 g

The design and functioning of an information system improve to the extent that the system can handle the questions people ask. Surprisingly, however, researchers in the cognitive, computer, and information sciences have not thoroughly examined the multitude of relationships between information systems and questions -- both question asking and answering. The purpose of this book is to explicitly examine these relationships. Chapter contributors believe that questions play a central role in the analysis, design, and use of different kinds of natural or artificial information systems such as human cognition, social interaction, communication networks, and intelligent tutoring systems. Their efforts show that data structures and representations need to be organized around the questioning mechanisms in order to achieve a quick retrieval of relevant useful information.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lauer, Thomas W.

Peacock, Eileen

Graesser, Arthur C.

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Intelligenz, Denken, Problemlösen
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: T.W. Lauer, A.C. Graesser, Introduction. M. LaFrance, Questioning Knowledge Acquisition. S.E. Gordon, R.T. Gill, Knowledge Acquisition With Question Probes and Conceptual Graph Structures. T.W. Lauer, E. Peacock, S.M. Jacobs, Question Generation and the Systems Analysis Process. A. Lipp, H.O. Nourse, R.P. Bostrom, H.J. Watson, The Evolution of Questions in Successive Versions of an Expert System for Real Estate Disposition. J.M. Carroll, M.B. Rosson, Design by Question: Developing User Questions Into Scenario Representations for Design. R. Mack, Questioning Design: Toward Methods for Supporting User-Centered Software Engineering. K.L. Lang, A.C. Graesser, S.T. Dumais, D. Kilman, Question Asking in Human-Computer Interfaces. A.C. Graesser, N. Person, J. Huber, Mechanisms that Generate Questions. K. Dahlgren, Interpretation of Textual Queries Using a Cognitive Model. J.M. Golding, J. Magliano, D. Hemphill, When: A Model for Answering "When" Questions About Future Events. A.C. Graesser, P.J. Byrne, M.L. Behrens, Answering Questions About Information in Databases. T.W. Lauer, E. Peacock, Question-Driven Information Search in Auditor Diagnosis. P.J. Steinbart, The Role of Questioning in Learning From Computer-Based Decision Aids. D.B. Paradice, A Question Theoretic Analysis of Problem Formulation: Implications for Computer-Based Support. A. Kass, Question Asking, Artificial Intelligence, and Human Creativity.

Über Autor(innen)

Arthur C. Graesser, Thomas W. Lauer, Eileen Peacock