Web information retrieval based on user profile

Abstract

With the growing popularity of the World Wide Web, the amount of available information is so great that finding the right and useful information becomes a very hard task for an end user. In this paper, we propose a new approach for personal Web information retrieval. The originality of our approach is a choice of indexing terms depending on the user request but also on his profile. The general idea is to consider that the need of a user depends on his request but also on his knowledge acquired through time on the thematic of his request. © Springer-Verlag 2004.