Title :
Minimizing search time in an auditory database retrieval task
Author :
Wu, Jimmy K. ; Williges, Beverly H. ; Williges, Robert C.
Author_Institution :
Virginia Polytech. Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, VA, USA
Abstract :
A search-time formula to calculate the minimum options per page in a visual menu retrieval system was developed by E. Lee and J. MacGregor (1985). The formula is modified for use in auditory database retrieval tasks. Calculated times using the formula favored depth over breadth, using a number of different system timing variables. Actual data revealed that though database structures favoring depth are less efficient than structures that favor breadth, the search times were not statistically different with the two structures
Keywords :
database management systems; speech synthesis; user interfaces; auditory database retrieval task; database structures; menus; search time minimization; Auditory system; Computer interfaces; Database systems; Differential equations; Information retrieval; Time measurement; Timing; Visual databases;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1989. Conference Proceedings., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1989.71492
