In this paper, we propose a novel site customization model that relies on a topical ontology in order to learn the user interests as these are exemplified in their site navigations. Based on this knowledge, our model personalizes the site's content and structure so as to meet particular user needs. Experimental results demonstrate that our model has a significant potential in accurately identifying the user interests and show that site customizations that rely on the detected interests assist web users experience personalized navigations in the sites' contents.
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Zotos, N., Stamou, S., Tzekou, P., Kozanidis, L. (2009). Adaptive Web Site Customization. In: Sicilia, MA., Lytras, M.D. (eds) Metadata and Semantics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77745-0_34
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