Evaluating Users’ Emotion in Web-Based Geographic Information System

Modeling users in a web based Information Retrieval System

In this paper we present a dialogue system for a web interface that is able to maintain a conversation with an user who poses questions about the existence of Portuguese Attorney General texts with some particular characteristics. The proposed system is able to handle ambiguities in the user questions, clarifications made by the user and the situations where the user starts parallel discourses ...

Evaluating Software Usability of Geographic Information System

GIS (Geographic Information System) usability is one of the most significant factors of government sectors like the Ministry of Environment, Planning, Forestry, Fisheries, and so on. In this paper, we present a methodology for evaluating the usability of GIS software. We demonstrate how to find out the severity ratings of problems in GIS software. A sample GIS user Interface prototype is design...

Studying Users’ Emotions Attribution Style in Information Retrieval Based on Weiner’s Emotion Attribution Theory

Background and Aim: This research aimed to study emotions attribution style of users in information retrieval based on Weiner's theory. Methods: The survey method was used in this study. Population consisted of graduate students in humanities at Imam Reza (AS) International University. Sample of 72 students was selected.  Data was collected by attribution style questionnaire (ASQ) and two resea...

Visualizing Transit Through a Web Based Geographic Information System

Currently in many major cities, public transit schedules are disseminated through lists of routes, grids of stop times and static maps. This paper describes a web based geographic information system which disseminates the same schedule information through intuitive GIS techniques. Using data from Calgary, Canada, an map based interface has been created to allow users to see routes, stops and mo...

Web-Based Instruction in Geographic Information Systems