User adaptive Web morphing : an implementation of a Web-based Bayesian inference engine with Gittins' Index

Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2008.

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Main Author: Lee, Clarence, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Other Authors: Glen L. Urban.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46028
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spelling mit-1721.1/460282019-04-11T08:32:25Z User adaptive Web morphing : an implementation of a Web-based Bayesian inference engine with Gittins' Index Lee, Clarence, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Glen L. Urban. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Thesis (M. Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2008. Some sections in thesis unnumbered. Includes bibliographical references. Imagine a world where computers are able to present desired information to people in the most relevant and effective way possible, where machines are able to adapt the way they interact with humans when they encounter different personality styles. Web Morphing captures the essence of this idea and applies it to realm of Digital Marketing, allowing companies to present product information in a manner in which the consumers are most comfortable with. By using user click-history, a Website with Morphing capability can display its information based on the user's inferred Cognitive and Cultural Styles. This thesis documents the process of building the Mathematical Inference Engine of a Web Morphing System that gives a Web site the ability to adapt itself to individual users. First, I will briefly discuss the history and motivation of Morphing. Then, I will discuss the theory of Morphing from the work of Hauser, Urban, Liberali, and Braun, and I will give a system overview of the Web Morphing System. The main contribution of the thesis is the technical implementation of the Mathematical Inference Engine, and I will describe in detail the construction of Mathematical Inference Engine's two major parts: the Bayesian Inference Engine, and the Gittins' Index Engine. by Clarence Lee. M.Eng. 2009-06-30T17:05:03Z 2009-06-30T17:05:03Z 2008 2008 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46028 367592163 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 1 v. (various pagings) application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Lee, Clarence, M. Eng. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
User adaptive Web morphing : an implementation of a Web-based Bayesian inference engine with Gittins' Index
title User adaptive Web morphing : an implementation of a Web-based Bayesian inference engine with Gittins' Index
title_full User adaptive Web morphing : an implementation of a Web-based Bayesian inference engine with Gittins' Index
title_fullStr User adaptive Web morphing : an implementation of a Web-based Bayesian inference engine with Gittins' Index
title_full_unstemmed User adaptive Web morphing : an implementation of a Web-based Bayesian inference engine with Gittins' Index
title_short User adaptive Web morphing : an implementation of a Web-based Bayesian inference engine with Gittins' Index
title_sort user adaptive web morphing an implementation of a web based bayesian inference engine with gittins index
topic Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
url http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/46028
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