Getting the Query Right: User Interface Design of Analysis Platforms for Crisis Research

BARRENECHEA M., ANDERSON K. M., Aydin A. A., HAKEEM M., JAMBI S.

15th International Conference on Web Engineering (ICWE), Rotterdam, Hollanda, 23 - 25 Haziran 2015, cilt.9114, ss.547-564 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 9114
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/978-3-319-19890-3_35
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Rotterdam
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Hollanda
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.547-564
  • İnönü Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Web-based data analysis environments are powerful platforms for exploring large data sets. To ensure that these environments meet the needs of analysts, a human-centered perspective is needed. Interfaces to these platforms should provide flexible search, support user-generated content, and enable collaboration. We report on our efforts to design and develop a web interface for a custom analytics platform-EPIC Analyze-which provides interactive search over large Twitter data sets collected during crisis events. We performed seven think-aloud sessions with researchers who regularly analyze crisis data sets and compiled their feedback. They identified a need for a "big picture" view of an event, flexible exporting capabilities, and user-defined coding schemes. Adding these features allowed EPIC Analyze to meet the needs of these analysts and enable exploratory research on crisis data.