Systems and methods for predicting usage of a web site using proximal cues
CA 2378813 A1 · Owner: Xerox Corporation · Inventors: Chi, Ed H.; Chen, Kim K.
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Techniques are provided for predicting the usage of a document collection given proximal cue information in the documents a starting point and the , user's, information needs. A document collection topology matrix is created indicating links, between document content portions. The link entry documents are analyzed for proximal cue words based on link URL, surrounding text and title. For image links, the connected to document information may also be used. Proximal cue words are added to a matrix relating proximal cue words and links. The proximal scent matrix, indicates a similarity between the user's information need and the proximal cue word, matrix. A distal scent information matrix …
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