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GUMS: A general user modeling system

1986

Abstract This paper describes a general architecture of a domain independent system for building and maintaining long term models of individual users. The user modeling system is intended to provide a well defined set of services for an application system which is interacting with various users and has a need to build and maintain models of them. As the application system interacts with a user, it can acquire knowledge of him and pass that knowledge on to the user model maintenance system for incorporation.

User modeling: Recent work, prospects and hazards

1993

Abstract User modeling has made considerable progress during its existence now of more than a decade. In this paper, a survey of recent developments will be presented, which concentrates on the modeling of a user's knowledge, plans, and preferences in a domain, on the exploitation of new sources of information about the user, on issues of representation, inference and revision, on user modeling shell systems and servers, and on the verification of the practical utility of user models.

GUMS1: A General User Modeling System

1986

This paper describes a general architecture of a domain independent system for building and maintaining ling term models of individual users..The user modeling system is intended Io provide a well defined set of services for an application system which is interacting with various users and has a need to build and maintain models of them. As the application system interacts with a user, it can acquire knowledge of him and pass that knowledge on 1o the user model maintenance system for incorporation. We describe a prototype general user modeling system (hereafter called GUMSI) which we have implemented in Prolog. This system satisfies some of'the " desirable characteristics we discuss.

User modelling for adaptive computer systems: a survey of recent developments

Artificial Intelligence Review, 1993

User modelling is becoming an important sub-area of Artificial Intelligence with both theoretical and practical consequences. The theoretical foundations of user modelling are to be found in key areas of AI, such as knowledge representation and plan recognition, while its practical applications impinge on the construction of intelligent user interfaces and adaptive systems. This paper provides a survey of current work in user modelling. The paper begins by distinguishing between AI approaches, which are the subject of this survey, and those of HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) and then considers the major issues in user modelling such as: types of user modelling system, the sorts of information modelled, how the information is acquired, represented and used. The paper concludes by examining some of the more problematic aspects of user modelling as well as indicating areas for future research.

Personis: a server for user models

Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive …, 2006

A core element of an adaptive hypertext systems is the user model. This paper describes Personis, a user model server. We describe the architecture, design and implementation. We also describe the way that it is intended to operate in conjunction with the rest of an adaptive hypertext system. A distinctive aspect of the Personis user model server follows from our concern for making adaptive systems scrutable: these enable users to see the details of the information held about them, the processes used to gather it and the way that it is used to personalise an adaptive hypertext. We describe how the architecture supports this. The paper describes our evaluations of the current server. These indicate that the approach and implementation provide a workable server for small to medium sized user collections of information needed to adapt the hypertext.

Programmable user models: The story so far

1997

Abstract This papers looks in detail at the Programmable User Modelling (PUM) approach to interactive system design. The theoretical background of PUM is discussed and a history of PUM work is outlined. Other related issues such as formal notations, other user modelling techniques used in HCI, and integration are also discussed. An agenda for further work is then proposed.

A Method for Incorporating User Modelling

2004

In this paper a method is presented for adding user modelling to existing software systems. The method consists of seven steps that lead from initial analysis to the definition and evaluation of the elements needed for the adaptive behaviour. Further the concept of an adaptation element is introduced. Such an adaptation element can be used to determine the impact of personalisations.

Towards a generic user model component

2005

Abstract. The increasing need for personalization forces developers to automatically adapt their applications to individual users. In order to realize this, an application needs a model of the user with as much and as accurate data as possible. However, users typically divide their time over many applications that individually are limited in their user modeling and therefore can gain from joining forces. This joining of forces boils down to establishing semantic interoperability of user models.

The Fourth International Conference on User Modeling

Ai Magazine, 1996

We discuss architectural problems of the studentmodel centered approach to building intelligent learning environments (JLB). By this approach different componentsofELE including tutoring, coaching, environment, and manual components use the central student model to adapt its behavior to the given student The implementation of this approach is based upon ideas from the fields of intelligent tutoring systems, adaptive interfaces and intelligent help systems. We introduce a simple student model centered architecture for ILE which we have appliedin several implemented systems, report some problems and limitations of our original simple architecture, andpresentanadvanced studentmodel centered open architecture forILE.