Abstract:The aim in information filtering is to provide users with a personalised selection of information, based on a description of their interest profile. In some domains, users will want access to such profiles even if they are system generated. We have performed a study of the effects of combining automatic profiling with explicit user involvement. Firstly, we wanted to explore if a machine-learned profile would benefit from being based on an initial explicit user profile. Secondly, we tested if profiles that prov… Show more
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