SGER: Personalization by Partial Evaluation

信息个性化指的是根据个人用户的需要自动调整信息的内容、结构和表现形式。本研究计画的目标是发展一个资讯个人化的模式化方法。在这个项目中开发的方法称为PIPE（“个性化是部分评估”），不承诺一个特定的个性化算法或格式的信息资源。相反，它强调信息系统的表示方式，允许他们随后的个性化。利用这种方法，网站和其他信息资源可以被建模和个性化，以满足用户的信息搜索目标。在这个项目中进行的具体活动包括：（1）描述该方法适用的信息系统类型;（2）构建“个性化”信息系统设计。第一项活动是通过定义信息系统是如何构建的，以及它们提供的表示来进行的。第二个活动涉及到定义一个“个性”度量来评估信息系统设计。需要加强人机互动方法和系统评价程序，为模型的制定和验证提供必要的投入。这个项目的结果将有助于严格定义“个性化信息空间”。有了个性化的正式模型，我们可以设计更好的信息系统，帮助用户实现他们的信息搜索目标。

Information personalization refers to the automatic adjustment of information content, structure, and presentation tailored to an individual user. The goal of this research project is to develop a modeling methodology for information personalization. The methodology developed in this project termed PIPE ("Personalization is Partial Evaluation") makes no commitments to a particular personalization algorithm or format for information resources. Instead it emphasizes the representation of information systems in a way that allows their subsequent personalization. With this methodology, web sites and other information resources can be modeled and personalized for users' information-seeking goals. The specific activities conducted in this project include (1) characterizing the types of information systems for which this methodology is applicable and (2) constructing "personable" information system designs. The first activity is approached by defining how information systems are constructed and the representations they afford. The second activity involves the definition of a "personability" metric for evaluating information system designs. Human-computer interaction methodologies and systematic procedures for evaluation need to be enhanced to provide the needed input for the model formulation and validation. The results of this project will help define "personable information spaces" rigorously. With a formal model for personalization, we can design better information systems that can help users achieve their information-seeking goals.