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A Generic Human-Centred Personalization Framework: The Case of mapU

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The realization of an adaptation and personalization system entails a number of challenges, from developing appropriate user modeling mechanisms based on explicit and implicit user data collection methods, to implementing adaptation procedures and effects for personalizing the content, behavior and functionality during interaction with the system. In this context, this chapter presents the design of an extensible human-centred personalization framework, namely mapU (Multi-purpose Adaptation and Personalization for the User) for personalizing the visual and interaction design of Web-based interactive systems based on intrinsic human factors. It details its main modules and components, placing special emphasis on the formalization of the user modeling and adaptation procedures. Based on the formalization, we further discuss the design and development of a Web-based adaptive interactive system that makes use of the underlying principles of the framework as well as the respective technologies used for realizing it into a working system prototype. Main objective of this chapter is to serve as a guide of how a number of interdisciplinary elements, attributes and functionalities can co-exist under a unified framework, as well as how these can be implemented into a real-life adaptive interactive system, utilizing current state-of-the-art Web technologies.

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Germanakos, P., Belk, M. (2016). A Generic Human-Centred Personalization Framework: The Case of mapU. In: Human-Centred Web Adaptation and Personalization. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28050-9_5

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