Comparing the Utility, Preference, and Performance of Course Material Search Functionality and Retrieval-Augmented Generation Large Language Model (RAG-LLM) AI Chatbots in Information-Seeking Tasks

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Main Authors:	Pasquarelli, Leonardo, Koutcheme, Charles, Hellas, Arto
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2024
Subjects:	Computers and Society Information Retrieval K.3; H.3.3
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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