The Web Host Access Tools (WHAT): Exploring Context Sensitive Information Access

Lillian N. Cassel, Satarupa Banerjee, Arun Narayana, Ursula Wolz

2005

Abstract

Search engines are an integral part of web based information gathering and retrieval, but they are significantly dependent upon the words or word phrases input by the end user. The search engine usually contributes no additional semantic data toward the information acquisition process. This paper presents an intelligent search agent, the “Web Host Access Tools” (WHAT), which introduces the notion of queries conducted within a specific contextual meaning. Given a context and adaptive associated keywords that personalize to the search history and preferences of the user, WHAT performs more intelligent resource filtering than conventional search engines, providing more relevant results while filtering irrelevant references.

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N. Cassel L., Banerjee S., Narayana A. and Wolz U. (2005). The Web Host Access Tools (WHAT): Exploring Context Sensitive Information Access . In Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Web Personalisation, Recommender Systems and Intelligent User Interfaces - Volume 1: WPRSIUI, (ICETE 2005) ISBN 972-8865-38-4, pages 34-42. DOI: 10.5220/0001422100340042


in Bibtex Style

@conference{wprsiui05,
author={Lillian N. Cassel and Satarupa Banerjee and Arun Narayana and Ursula Wolz},
title={The Web Host Access Tools (WHAT): Exploring Context Sensitive Information Access},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Web Personalisation, Recommender Systems and Intelligent User Interfaces - Volume 1: WPRSIUI, (ICETE 2005)},
year={2005},
pages={34-42},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001422100340042},
isbn={972-8865-38-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Web Personalisation, Recommender Systems and Intelligent User Interfaces - Volume 1: WPRSIUI, (ICETE 2005)
TI - The Web Host Access Tools (WHAT): Exploring Context Sensitive Information Access
SN - 972-8865-38-4
AU - N. Cassel L.
AU - Banerjee S.
AU - Narayana A.
AU - Wolz U.
PY - 2005
SP - 34
EP - 42
DO - 10.5220/0001422100340042