Personalizable directories: A case study in automatic user modelling

Witten, I. H., Greenberg, S. and Cleary, J. (1983)
Personalizable directories: A case study in automatic user modelling. In Proc. Graphics Interface (GI'83). (Edmonton, Alberta), pages 183-190. Also as Report 1983-118-7, March.

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Abstract

A personalized directory system is presented which demonstrates how automatic user modelling can reduce the average number of menu-based selections needed to retrieve entries from a large ordered list, such as a telephone directory. It offers a simple case study for pilot human factor experiments in automatic user modelling; it affords the possibility of a device independent men-selection system; and it gives a technique for personalizing cheap, mass market databases. A number of difficult issues in automatic user modelling are raised, such as the user's perception of a dynamic system, the need of user control and the measurement of user satisfaction. The personalized directory system is being used as a test-bed to examine such issues, and will refine our insight into the human factors implications of user modelling.

Keywords

user modelling, device independence, human factors, menus, directories

Bibtex entry

@INPROCEEDINGS { 1983-PersonalizableDirectories.GI,
CLASS = { CONFARTICLE },
AUTHOR = { Witten, I. H. and Greenberg, S. and Cleary, J. },
TITLE = { Personalizable directories: A case study in automatic user modelling },
BOOKTITLE = { Proc. Graphics Interface (GI'83) },
PAGES = { 183-190 },
YEAR = { 1983 },
ADDRESS = { Edmonton, Alberta },
NOTE = { Also as Report 1983-118-7, March },
KEYWORDS = { user modelling, device independence, human factors, menus, directories },
}