Information Retrieval
Introduction
Project
A Browsing System for a Database Using Visualization of User Preferences
The system has the following features:
(1) The use of 3D thumbnail objects to represent their contents and
properties, (2) The use of some property views and
multidimensional scaling (MDS) to lay out the objects in information space,
and (3) The use of update mechanism to perform the adaptive
visualization to changes in user preferences.
In this environment, the user becomes aware that there are information
sets which the user seems to be interested in, from objects in information space
, and stroll there
Research Papers:
- Hideaki KANAI and Katsuya HAKOZAKI: A Browsing system for a database using Visualization of User Preferences, Proceedings on Information Visualisation 2000, pp.277-282, IEEE CS (2000-7) (Abstract)|
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Video (size:18MB)
- H.~KANAI, K.~HAKOZAKI and K.~ISHIKAWA, ``A Browsing Environment using Features of Readers and Document,Trans. on database'', IPSJ TOD, Vol.40, No.SGI3(TOD6), pp.46--57(2000-5)
Virtual Library: Yawara
The main purpose of Yawara is to provide users with a personalized
information set accessible through a user friendly interface. The users
find useful information with walk-through virtual information space.
The system supports that users can browse the virtual information space
with an awareness of relation between user features and information
features.
This paper addresses the following problems on information retrieval with
the browsing in the current systems, from a view of realization of the
system.
The problems are (1) the definition of reader feature is not enough;
(2) the reader feature is static; and (3) Complicated visualization.
In this paper, we propose a solution based on the reader features such
as the personal interest information and reference history, and
management mechanism for dynamic reader features on the
browsing. The information of readers feature is visualized by the
metaphor of a book.
We show the usefulness using a prototype system based on our method.
Research Papers:
- Hideaki KANAI, Katsuya HAKOZAKI and Katsunori ISHIKAWA: Browsing Based on Features of Readers and Documents in Web-Based Virtual Library:Yawara, ACM Digital Libraries 99, Proc.of Workshop on Organizing Web Space (WOWS), pp.44-53 (1999)
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Video (size:37MB)
- Katsuya HAKOZAKI, Hideaki KANAI and Katsunori ISHIKAWA: Conceptual Design of Virtual Library for Personal Use, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTERS IN JAPAN, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp.43-51, John Wiley & Sons,Inc (1999)
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- Katsuya HAKOZAKI, Hideaki KANAI and Katsunori ISHIKAWA: Conceptual
Design of Virtual Library for Personal Use, IEICE Transaction on
Information and Systems, Vol.J81-D-II, No.5, pp.1025-1034 (1998)(in
Japanese)
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