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Oregon State University. Dept. of Computer Science, Rajaram, Vidya, Stumpf, Simone, Burnett, Margaret, 1949-, Dragunov, Anton, Wick, Evelyn, Lynn, Juliana, Johnsrude, Kevin, and Herlocker, Jonathan Lee

Abstract:

Knowledge workers need to find information but even when it is stored on their local computer systems, finding it can be costly. There are many researchers working on solutions to reduce these costs, but there has been little research into exactly what these costs are, and what the ties are...

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Research Paper

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work, but computer science majors and students with upper-division coursework in computer sci- ence
Getting to local information : the role of different costs

Creator:

Rajaram, Vidya

Abstract:

Finding information can cost a significant amount of time, even when the information is already stored on the user’s local computer system. There is significant research aimed at reducing these time costs, but little research into exactly what these costs are or how they impact people’s use of tools and...

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Masters Thesis

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OF THE THESIS OF Vidya Rajaram for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science presented