Search and Discovery

Roles: searcher, target, search-space, signal, noise, filter, index

The process of locating a specific item, person, or piece of information within a larger space. Structured around the relationship between a searcher, a target, and the search space that separates them. Key variables include the ratio of signal to noise, the availability of indices or filters that narrow the space, and whether the target is static or moving. Search frames generate metaphors of visibility, concealment, and the cost of exhaustive versus heuristic approaches.

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