X-Compass: an XML agent for supporting user navigation on the Web

Garruzzo, Salvatore, Modafferi, Stefano, Rosaci, Domenico and Ursino, Domenico (2002) X-Compass: an XML agent for supporting user navigation on the Web. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 2522, 197-211. (doi:10.1007/3-540-36109-x_16).

Abstract

In this paper we present X-Compass, an XML agent for supporting a user during her/his navigation on the Web. This agent is the result of our attempt of synthesizing, in a unique context, important guidelines currently characterizing the research in various Computer Science sectors. X-Compass constructs and handles a rather rich, even if light, user profile. This latter is, then, exploited for supporting the user in the efficient search of information of her/his interest; in this way, the proposed agent behaves as a content-based recommender system. Moreover, X-Compass is particularly suited for constructing multi-agent systems and, therefore, for implementing collaborative filtering recommendation techniques. In addition, being based on XML, X-Compass is particularly light and capable of operating on various hardware and software platforms. Finally, the exploitation of XML makes the information exchange among X-Compass agents and, therefore, the management and the exploitation of X-Compass multi-agent systems, easy.

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Contributors

Author: Stefano Modafferi

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