Learning implicit user interest hierarchy for context in personalization

Applied Intelligence

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-166

  Kim, Hyoung Rae ^a   Chan, Philip K ^b  

^a Korea Employment Information Service   (South Korea)

^b Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering algorithm; Correlation function; User interest hierarchy; User modeling; User profile

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SET THEORY;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHM; CORRELATION FUNCTION; USER INTEREST HIERARCHY; USER MODELING; USER PROFILE;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 38149095803     PISSN: 0924669X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10489-007-0056-0     Document Type: Article

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