Personalized Information Retrieval Task

A Personalized Information Retrieval Task is an information retrieval task that is a personalized information task.

• Context:
  • It can be solved by a Personalized Information Retrieval System (that implements personalized IR algorithm).
• Example(s):
  • Personalized Web Search.
  • Personalized PSN Game Search.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Unpersonalized IR.
  • Personalized Recommendations.
• See: Personalizing, Web Search.

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References

2017

• (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/personalized_search Retrieved:2017-6-20.
  • Personalized search refers to web search experiences that are tailored specifically to an individual's interests by incorporating information about the individual beyond specific query provided. Pitkow et al. describe two general approaches to personalizing search results, one involving modifying the user's query and the other re-ranking search results.

2007

• (Sieg et al., 2007) ⇒ Ahu Sieg, Bamshad Mobasher, and Robin Burke. (2007). “Representing Context in Web Search with Ontological User Profiles.” In: Proceedings of the 6th international and interdisciplinary conference on Modeling and using context. ISBN:978-3-540-74254-8
  • QUOTE: One of the key factors for effective personalization of information access is the user context.

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