4 papers
From Query to Conscience: The Importance of Information Retrieval in Empowering Socially Responsible Consumerism
Frans van der Sluis, Leif Azzopardi, Florian Meier
Millions of consumers search for products online each day, aiming to find items that meet their needs at an acceptable price. While price and quality are major factors in purchasin…
Search Changes Consumers' Minds: How Recognizing Gaps Drives Sustainable Choices
Frans van der Sluis, Leif Azzopardi
Despite a growing desire among consumers to shop responsibly, translating this intention into behaviour remains challenging. Previous work has identified that information seeking (…
Seeking Socially Responsible Consumers: Exploring the Intention-"Search"-Behaviour Gap
Leif Azzopardi, Frans van de Sluis
The increasing prominence of Socially Responsible Consumers has brought about a heightened focus on the ethical, environmental, social, and ideological dimensions influencing produ…
Evaluation of Attribution Bias in Generator-Aware Retrieval-Augmented Large Language Models
Amin Abolghasemi, Leif Azzopardi, Seyyed Hadi Hashemi +2
Attributing answers to source documents is an approach used to enhance the verifiability of a model's output in retrieval augmented generation (RAG). Prior work has mainly focused…