COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Interface for User Prioritized Search Criteria
Creator:
Likens, Philip J.
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Interactive Design and Game Development
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Interactive Design and Game Development
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
Modern Internet search tends to focus on honing search results through filtering
and sorting mechanisms. This approach fails to address the importance of user preference
in the context of search, which leads to a less satisfying user experience. Recently a
handful of search sites have allowed users to rank search criteria. Doing so may allow the
user to feel an extended sense of control over the results that are returned, and that their
preferences are indeed being accounted for.
and sorting mechanisms. This approach fails to address the importance of user preference
in the context of search, which leads to a less satisfying user experience. Recently a
handful of search sites have allowed users to rank search criteria. Doing so may allow the
user to feel an extended sense of control over the results that are returned, and that their
preferences are indeed being accounted for.
Abstract:
This thesis proposes that users should be allowed to prioritize their own
preferences, and that by doing so users have a more satisfying user experience, which
leads to a better average System Usability Scale (SUS) Score. To prove the power of this
concept, an application has been created, TripHop R, to allow users to specify their
preferences in the context of flight search. Users are able to rank criteria including price,
duration, departure time, arrival time, and airline in order of preference. Flight results are
then evaluated against the user's specified criteria and results are ordered then displayed
according to the user's unique travel preferences.
preferences, and that by doing so users have a more satisfying user experience, which
leads to a better average System Usability Scale (SUS) Score. To prove the power of this
concept, an application has been created, TripHop R, to allow users to specify their
preferences in the context of flight search. Users are able to rank criteria including price,
duration, departure time, arrival time, and airline in order of preference. Flight results are
then evaluated against the user's specified criteria and results are ordered then displayed
according to the user's unique travel preferences.
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2013-06
Format:
PDF : 41 p. : ill; WMV