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A Context-Aware Shopping Portal Based on Semantic Models

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This chapter illustrates how semantic models can be used as a backend data source for both exploration and adaptation purposes. For a fictitious shopping portal, we implemented a faceted navigation approach that provides means for exploring the portal’s content manually. In addition to that, we implemented an adaptation mechanism based on spreading activation that also exploits the semantic structure of the underlying data.

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Notes

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    The authors of this chapter co-authored that publication as well. Some of the ideas presented in this chapter have already been introduced in there.

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    Further information on the sensing mechanism applied in Discovr can be found in a different publication by the authors (Hussein et al. 2013).

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Acknowledgements

Discovr and several predecessors that have been implemented over the years, have been mentioned in publications by the authors: Hussein and Ziegler 2008, 2010, Hussein and Gaulke 2010, Hussein and Neuhaus 2010, Hussein and Münter 2010, Hussein 2010, Hussein et al. 2007, 2009, 2010a, 2010b, 2013.

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Hussein, T., Linder, T., Ziegler, J. (2013). A Context-Aware Shopping Portal Based on Semantic Models. In: Hussein, T., Paulheim, H., Lukosch, S., Ziegler, J., Calvary, G. (eds) Semantic Models for Adaptive Interactive Systems. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5301-6_8

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