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This paper presents Prospector, an adaptive meta-search layer, which performs personalized re-ordering of search results. Prospector combines elements from two approaches to adaptive search support: (a) collaborative web searching; and, (b) personalized searching using semantic metadata. The paper focuses on the way semantic metadata and the users’ search behavior are utilized for user- and group- modeling, as well as on how these models are used to re-rank results returned for individual queries. The paper also outlines past evaluation activities related to Prospector, and discusses potential applications of the approach for the adaptive retrieval of multimedia documents.
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Paramythis, A., König, F., Schwendtner, C., van Velsen, L. (2010). Using Thematic Ontologies for User- and Group-Based Adaptive Personalization in Web Searching. In: Detyniecki, M., Leiner, U., Nürnberger, A. (eds) Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval. Identifying, Summarizing, and Recommending Image and Music. AMR 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5811. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14758-6_2
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