{"product_id":"adaptive-hypertext-and-hypermedia-von-peter-brusilovsky-alfred-kobsa-julita-vassileva-hrsg","title":"Adaptive Hypertext and Hypermedia","description":"Hypertext\/hypermedia systems and user-model-based adaptive  systems in the areas of learning and information retrieval have for a  long time been considered as two mutually exclusive approaches to  information access. Adaptive systems tailor information to the user  and may guide the user in the information space to present the most  relevant material, taking into account a model of the user's goals,  interests and preferences. Hypermedia systems, on the other hand, are  `user neutral': they provide the user with the tools and the freedom  to explore an information space by browsing through a complex network  of information nodes. Adaptive hypertext and hypermedia systems  attempt to bridge the gap between these two approaches. \u003cbr\u003e  Adaptation of hypermedia systems to each individual user is  increasingly needed. With the growing size, complexity and  heterogeneity of current hypermedia systems, such as the World Wide  Web, it becomes virtually impossible to impose guidelines on authors  concerning the overall organization of hypermedia information. The  networks therefore become so complex and unstructured that the  existing navigational tools are no longer powerful enough to provide  orientation on where to search for the needed information. It is also  not possible to identify appropriate pre-defined paths or subnets for  users with certain goals and knowledge backgrounds since the user  community of hypermedia systems is usually quite inhomogeneous. This  is particularly true for Web-based applications which are expected to  be used by a much greater variety of users than any earlier standalone  application. \u003cbr\u003e  A possible remedy for the negative effects of the traditional  `one-size-fits-all' approach in the development of hypermedia systems  is to equip them with the ability \u003cem\u003eto adapt to the needs of their\u003c\/em\u003e  \u003cem\u003eindividual users.\u003c\/em\u003e A possible way of achieving adaptivity is by  modeling the users and tailoring the system's interactions to theirgoals, tasks and interests. In this sense, the notion of adaptive  hypertext\/hypermedia comes naturally to denote a \u003cem\u003ehypertext or\u003c\/em\u003e  \u003cem\u003ehypermedia system which reflects some features of the user  and\/or\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003echaracteristics of his system usage in a user model, and  utilizes this\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003emodel in order to adapt various behavioral aspects  of the system to\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003ethe user.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  This book is the first comprehensive publication on adaptive hypertext  and hypermedia. It is oriented towards researchers and practitioners  in the fields of hypertext and hypermedia, information systems, and  personalized systems. It is also an important resource for the  numerous developers of Web-based applications. The design decisions,  adaptation methods, and experience presented in this book are a unique  source of ideas and techniques for developing more usable and more  intelligent Web-based systems suitable for a great variety of users.  The practitioners will find it important that many of the adaptation  techniques presented in this book have proved to be efficient and are  ready to be used in various applications.\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780792348436\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9789048149445\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9780792348436","offer_id":51344892486,"sku":"9780792348436","price":106.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Softcover - 9789048149445","offer_id":39415643471965,"sku":"9789048149445","price":106.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/102ee44d-017c-429f-b73d-67435127a798.jpg?v=1761720236","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/adaptive-hypertext-and-hypermedia-von-peter-brusilovsky-alfred-kobsa-julita-vassileva-hrsg","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}