User Modeling Task

A User Modeling Task is a Modeling Task ... User.

• AKA: User Modeling, UM.
• Context:
  • output: a User Model.
• See: Person, Personalization.

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References

2015

• (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/user_modeling Retrieved:2015-11-8.
  • User modeling is a subdivision of human–computer interaction and describes the

    process of building up and modifying a user model. The main goal of user modeling is customization and adaptation of systems to the user's specific needs. The system needs to "say the 'right' thing at the 'right' time in the 'right' way". To do so it needs an internal representation of the user. Another common purpose is modeling specific kinds of users, including modeling of their skills and declarative knowledge, for use in automatic software-tests. User-models can thus serve as a cheaper alternative to user testing.

2001

• (Webb et al., 2001) ⇒ Geoffrey I. Webb, Michael J. Pazzani, and Daniel Billsus. (2001). “Machine Learning for User Modeling.” In: Journal for User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, 11(1-2) doi:10.1023/A:1011117102175
  • The current ML for UM resurgence has witnessed tremendous research activity. In contrast, the field still has a dearth of fielded applications.

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