Modeling user behavior using a search-engine

International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, Proceedings IUI

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 357-360

  O'Brien, Maeve ^a   Keane, Mark T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Empirical tests; Information navigation; Link analysis; Power laws; Predictive user modeling; Search behavior; Web evolution

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; USER INTERFACES;

EMPIRICAL TESTS; INFORMATION NAVIGATION; LINK ANALYSIS; POWER-LAWS; PREDICTIVE USER MODELING; SEARCH BEHAVIOR;

SEARCH ENGINES;

EID: 34648823274     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1216295.1216366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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