scholarly journals Online web navigation assistant

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 116-131
Author(s):  
N.M. Ali ◽  
A.M. Gadallah ◽  
H.A. Hefny ◽  
B.A. Novikov
Keyword(s):  
Information Overload ◽  
Specific Weight ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Fully Integrated ◽  
Web Navigation ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
Available Information ◽  
The Web ◽  
Online Web

The problem of finding relevant data while searching the internet represents a big challenge for web users due to the enormous amounts of available information on the web. These difficulties are related to the well-known problem of information overload. In this work, we propose an online web assistant called OWNA. We developed a fully integrated framework for making recommendations in real-time based on web usage mining techniques. Our work starts with preparing raw data, then extracting useful information that helps build a knowledge base as well as assigns a specific weight for certain factors. The experiments show the advantages of the proposed model against alternative approaches.

A Survey of Trust Use and Modeling in Real Online Systems

2013 ◽  
pp. 167-196
Author(s):  
Paolo Massa
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Information Overload ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Systems ◽  
Trust Relationships ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Concept Of Information ◽  
The Web ◽  
Trust Information

This chapter discusses the concept of trust and how trust is used and modeled in online systems currently available on the Web or on the Internet. It starts by describing the concept of information overload and introducing trust as a possible and powerful way to deal with it. It then provides a classification of the systems that currently use trust and, for each category, presents the most representative examples. In these systems, trust is considered as the judgment expressed by one user about another user, often directly and explicitly, sometimes indirectly through an evaluation of the artifacts produced by that user or his/her activity on the system. We hence use the term “trust” to indicate different types of social relationships between two users, such as friendship, appreciation, and interest. These trust relationships are used by the systems in order to infer some measure of importance about the different users and influence their visibility on the system. We conclude with an overview of the open and interesting challenges for online systems that use and model trust information.

Albert Einstein online

First Monday ◽  
1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven M. Friedman
Keyword(s):  
Web Sites ◽  
Albert Einstein ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Hierarchical Tree ◽  
The World ◽  
Random Nature ◽  
The Web ◽  
Online Web

The power of the World Wide Web, it is commonly believed, lies in the vast information it makes available; "Content is king," the mantra runs. This image creates the conception of the Internet as most of us envision it: a vast, horizontal labyrinth of pages which connect almost arbitrarily to each other, creating a system believed to be "democratic" in which anyone can publish Web pages. I am proposing a new, vertical and hierarchical conception of the Web, observing the fact that almost everyone searching for information on the Web has to go through filter Web sites of some sort, such as search engines, to find it. The Albert Einstein Online Web site provides a paradigm for this re-conceptualization of the Web, based on a distinction between the wealth of information and that which organizes it and frames the viewers' conceptions of the information. This emphasis on organization implies that we need a new metaphor for the Internet; the hierarchical "Tree" would be more appropriate organizationally than a chaotic "Web." This metaphor needs to be changed because the current one implies an anarchic and random nature to the Web, and this implication may turn off potential Netizens, who can be scared off by such overwhelming anarchy and the difficulty of finding information.

Combating Information Overload by Means of Information Customization Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 60-92
Author(s):  
Mohamed Salah Hamdi
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Collaborative Filtering ◽  
Web Mining ◽  
Information Overload ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Global Information ◽  
Intelligent Interfaces ◽  
Information Matching ◽  
Available Information ◽  
Information Customization

The evolution of the Internet into the Global Information Infrastructure has led to an explosion in the amount of available information. The result is the “information overload” of the user, i.e., users have too much information to make a decision or remain informed about a topic. Information customization systems are supposed to be the answer for information overload. They allow users narrowcast what they are looking for and get information matching their needs. Information customization systems are also a bargain of consummate efficiency. The value proposition of such systems is reducing the time spent looking for information. We hold the view that information customization could be best done by combining various artificial intelligence technologies such as collaborative filtering, intelligent interfaces, agents, bots, web mining, and intermediaries. MASACAD, the system described in this chapter, is an example of an information customization system that combines many of the technologies already mentioned and others to approach information customization and combat information overload.

A Survey of Trust Use and Modeling in Real Online Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 51-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paolo Massa
Keyword(s):  
Social Relationships ◽  
Information Overload ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Online Systems ◽  
Trust Relationships ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Concept Of Information ◽  
The Web ◽  
Trust Information

This chapter discusses the concept of trust and how trust is used and modeled in online systems currently available on the Web or on the Internet. It starts by describing the concept of information overload and introducing trust as a possible and powerful way to deal with it. It then provides a classification of the systems that currently use trust and, for each category, presents the most representative examples. In these systems, trust is considered as the judgment expressed by one user about another user, often directly and explicitly, sometimes indirectly through an evaluation of the artifacts produced by that user or his/her activity on the system. We hence use the term “trust” to indicate different types of social relationships between two users, such as friendship, appreciation, and interest. These trust relationships are used by the systems in order to infer some measure of importance about the different users and influence their visibility on the system. We conclude with an overview of the open and interesting challenges for online systems that use and model trust information.

Generating and Adjusting Web Sub-Graph Displays for Web Navigation

2004 ◽  
pp. 241-253
Author(s):  
Wei Lai ◽  
Maolin Huang ◽  
Kang Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Web Navigation ◽  
Web Graph ◽  
Display Window ◽  
The Web ◽  
Online Web

A graph can be used for web navigation. The whole of cyberspace can be regarded as one huge graph. To explore this huge graph, it is critical to find an effective method for tracking a sequence of the graph’s subsets (web sub-graphs) based on the user’s focus. This chapter introduces our method for generating and adjusting web sub-graph displays in the process of web navigation. Any online web sub-graph should fit in the display window. To enhance the display, there should not be any overlap between node images in the web sub-graph. Our system ensures that any online web sub-graph has no overlapping node images by letting the user, or the system itself, define the visible and invisible parts of the web graph.

scholarly journals A Sightseeing Support System Using Augmented Reality and Pictograms within Urban Tourist Areas in Japan

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ryo Sasaki ◽  
Kayoko Yamamoto
Keyword(s):  
Object Recognition ◽  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Questionnaire Survey ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Target Area ◽  
Entire System ◽  
Available Information ◽  
The City ◽  
Web Questionnaire ◽  
The Web

Though tourists can search for necessary information on the internet while sightseeing, it takes effort and is inconvenient to obtain available information related to specific sightseeing spots among the copious amount of information online. Targeting urban tourist areas in Japan, the present study aims to develop a system that can provide guidance and information concerning sightseeing spots by integrating location-based augmented reality (AR) and object-recognition AR and by using pictograms. The system enables users to efficiently obtain the directions to sightseeing spots and nearby facilities within urban tourist areas and sightseeing spot information. Additionally, the city of Chofu in the metropolis of Tokyo was selected as the operation target area. The operation of the system was conducted for 1 month, targeting those inside and outside the operation target area, and a web questionnaire survey was conducted with a total number of 50 users. From the evaluation results of the web questionnaire survey, the usefulness of the original functions of integrating location-based AR and object-recognition AR and by using pictograms, as well as of the entire system, was analyzed. From the results of the access analysis of users’ log data, it is expected that users will further utilize each function. Additionally, it is evident that location-based AR was used more often than was object-recognition AR.

The Internet

2011 ◽  
pp. 209-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ray J. Paul
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Problem Formulation ◽  
Approximate Model ◽  
Mental Activity ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Decision Aiding ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
Classical Decision ◽  
The Web

Problem formulation, data collection, modeling, testing running, analyzing and results–these are the pre-Internet staged approaches to decision aiding, when the modeling time allowed to the analyst was to some extent determined by the fact there were few alternative approaches that were either better and/or faster. It is possible that the Internet now facilitates “cut-and-paste” modeling, the development of an acceptable approximate model, suitable for the immediate decision, constructed from bits of programs from anywhere on the Web. It is this possibility that is examined in this chapter. First we look at classical decision modeling, then at a hypothesized Internet alternative approach and lastly mention some dangers of the Internet approach, which is, what might happen to the benefits of mental activity?

scholarly journals Web Services Quality Assurance: A XML-Based Quality Model

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Jorge L. Dias Jr. ◽  
José Adson O. G. da Cunha ◽  
Alexandre Álvaro ◽  
Roberto S. M. de Barros ◽  
Silvio Romero de Lemos Meira
Keyword(s):  
Web Services ◽  
Services Quality ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Certification Process ◽  
Effective Evaluation ◽  
Proposed Model ◽  
Development Approach ◽  
Available Information ◽  
The Web

The task of reusing Web services that meet quality attributes requirements is a challenging issue in service-based development approach. In such a context, a quality model can provide the means to effectively evaluation of services, enabling the certification of these services. In this sense, this paper proposes a quality model based on the ISO 9126 standard, defining a set of attributes and metrics for an effective evaluation of Web services. A XML-based representation and security schema for the model was created to support a service certification process. Moreover, a preliminary case study was elaborate in order to verify the gap between the proposed model and the available information by the Web services providers.

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