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Web User Profile Using XUL and Information Retrieval TechniquesKeywords: web user profile , Firefox extension , term weighted vector space model , document representation Abstract: This paper presents the importance of user profile in information retrieval, information filtering and recommender systems using explicit and implicit feedback. A Firefox extension (based on XUL) used for gathering data needed to infer a web user profile and an example file with collected data are presented. Also an algorithm for creating and updating the user profile and keeping track of a fixed number k of subjects of interest is presented.
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