Searchplex ID Retrieval terminology registry

General Concept

Web Browsing Agent Evaluation

Canonical ID https://id.searchplex.net/web-browsing-agent-evaluation/

Evaluation of agents that search, browse, inspect web sources, and synthesize answers or results from information found on the web.

Also called

  • Browsing Agent Evaluation
  • Web Agent Evaluation

Scope

Web browsing agent evaluation may measure source finding, persistence, answer accuracy, evidence use, citation fidelity, and multi-step browsing behavior. It is distinct from ordinary web search evaluation and from retrieval-only benchmark suites.

Evaluated by

Not equivalent to

  • Web Browsing Agent Evaluation is not BEIR. BEIR evaluates retrieval systems over fixed IR datasets; web browsing agent evaluation measures agents that search and browse the web or web-like corpora.
  • Web Browsing Agent Evaluation is not MTEB. MTEB evaluates text embedding models across tasks; web browsing agent evaluation evaluates agent behavior in web information-seeking tasks.
  • Web Browsing Agent Evaluation is not Web Search. Web browsing agent evaluation evaluates agent behavior across search and browsing actions; web search is a search task or system setting.

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