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AutoCardSorter: designing the information architecture of a web site using latent semantic analysis

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In this paper, we describe an innovative tool that supports the design and evaluation of the information architecture of a Web site. The tool uses Latent Semantic Analysis and hierarchical clustering algorithms to provide optimal information navigation schemes in an automated manner. The proposed, tool-based, approach addresses the problem of reasonable content structuring, which established techniques such as card sorting also address. A real world case study depicted substantial effectiveness gain, without expense in the quality of results. We argue that such an approach could facilitate information-rich applications design, like most Web sites, by reducing time and resources required.

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CHI '08: Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
April 2008
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DOI:10.1145/1357054
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  1. automated tools
  2. card sorting
  3. clustering algorithms
  4. information architecture
  5. latent semantic analysis

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