The domain of education has taken great leaps by capitalizing on technology and the
utilization of modern devices. Nowadays, the established term" one size fits all" has begun to …

The objective of the paper is to amalgamate theories of text retrieval from various research
traditions into a cognitive theory for information retrieval interaction. Set in a cognitive …

One distinctive feature of any adaptive system is the user model that represents essential
information about each user. This chapter complements other chapters of this book in …

As information becomes more ubiquitous and the demands that searchers have on search
systems grow, there is a need to support search behaviors beyond simple lookup …

Information seeking is a fundamental human activity. In the modern world, it is frequently
conducted through interactions with search systems. The retrieval and comprehension of …

Recent developments in the storage, retrieval, and manipulation of large text files are
described. The text analysis problem is examined, and modern approaches leading to the …

An information Server directs users of the information Server to desired Sources of
information where the desired Sources of information are determined, at least in part, based …

We present an analysis of information retrieval as an information-seeking activity, supporting
people's inteactions with text. This analysis suggests that some assumptions underlying the …

User modeling has made considerable progress during its existence now of more than a
decade. In this paper, a survey of recent developments will be presented, which …

Abstract Information Retrieval (IR) systems assist users in finding information from the
myriad of information resources available on the Web. A traditional characteristic of IR …