We present SCHNÄPPER, a web toolkit for Exploratory Relation Extraction (ERE). The tool allows users to identify relations of interest in a very large text corpus in an exploratory and highly interactive fashion. With this tool, we demonstrate the easeof-use and intuitive nature of ERE, as well as its applicability to large corpora. We show how users can formulate exploratory, natural language-...

This paper argues that sequences of exploratory drawings constructed by designer’s movements and decisions trace systematic and logical paths from ideas to designs. This argument has three parts. First, sequences of exploratory sketches produced by product designers, against the same task specification, are analyzed in terms of the cognitive categories of reinterpretation, emergence and abstrac...

We are investigating a new, rational framework for exploratory learning. We are applying it to model the exploratory learning of simple interactive devices — such as boxes with buttons and lights, or domestic central heating timers (Cox & Young, 2000) — although we would like to think that our framework is of considerably greater generality. (To some extent, exploration lies in the eye of the b...

“Exploratory” and “confirmatory” data analysis can both be viewed as methods for comparing observed data to what would be obtained under an implicit or explicit statistical model. For example, many of Tukey’s methods can be interpreted as checks against hypothetical linear models and Poisson distributions. In more complex situations, Bayesian methods can be useful for constructing reference dis...

Users’ exploratory usage of enterprise systems plays a critical role in determining the extent to which an adopting organization can materialize the purported benefits of the system. As such, examining the antecedents of exploratory usage of ES is of great interest to researchers. In this study, we intend to explore how different components of intrinsic motivation (i.e., intrinsic hedonic and n...

Exploratory data analysis is a process which involves rapid iteration and creation of multiple views of a dataset to explore the data, test hypotheses and find interesting patterns. To facilitate this process, we present Chive, a system for collaborative exploratory data analysis which keeps track of the complete history of analysts’ exploratory process, allows them to quickly revert to any vis...