UM99 - User Modeling: Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference. Banff, Canada, June 20 - 24, 1999 (CISM International Centre for Mechanical Sciences)

User modeling researchers look for ways of enabling interactive software systems to adapt to their users-by constructing, maintaining, and exploiting user models, which are representations of properties of individual users. User modeling has been found to enhance the effectiveness and/or usability of software systems in a wide variety of situations. Techniques for user modeling have been developed and evaluated by researchers in a number of fields, including artificial intelligence, education, psychology, linguistics, human-computer interaction, and information science. The biennial series of International Conferences on User Modeling provides a forum in which academic and industrial researchers from all of these fields can exchange their complementary insights on user modeling issues. The published proceedings of these conferences represent a major source of information about developments in this area. Front Matter....Pages ii-xii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Understanding Subjectivity: An Interactionist View....Pages 3-12 The Application of User Modeling Techniques to Reason about the Human Contribution to Major Accidents....Pages 13-22 Using Plan Recognition in Human-Computer Collaboration....Pages 23-32 Front Matter....Pages 33-33 Tailoring the Interaction with Users in Electronic Shops....Pages 35-44 User-Tailored Plan Generation....Pages 45-54 Empirically Evaluating an Adaptable Spoken Dialogue System....Pages 55-64 Front Matter....Pages 65-65 User Modeling in the Design of Interactive Interface Agents....Pages 67-76 Modeling the Social Practices of Users in Internet Communities....Pages 77-86 User Lenses — Achieving 100% Precision on Frequently Asked Questions....Pages 87-96 Front Matter....Pages 97-97 A Hybrid User Model for News Story Classification....Pages 99-108 The Development of Behavior-Based User Models for a Computer System....Pages 109-118 Patterns of Search: Analyzing and Modeling Web Query Refinement....Pages 119-128 Building User and Expert Models by Long-Term Observation of Application Usage....Pages 129-138 Capability, Potential and Collaborative Assistance....Pages 139-148 Strategic Support of Algebraic Expression Writing....Pages 149-158 Modelling of Novices’ Control Skills With Machine Learning....Pages 159-168 Exploiting Learning Techniques for the Acquisition of User Stereotypes and Communities....Pages 169-178 Machine Learning and Knowledge Representation in the LaboUr Approach to User Modeling....Pages 179-188 Front Matter....Pages 189-189 Transactional Consistency in User Modeling Systems....Pages 191-200 A Computational Architecture for Conversation....Pages 201-210 Front Matter....Pages 189-189 One for All and All in One....Pages 211-221 Learning Models of Other Agents Using Influence Diagrams....Pages 223-232 Front Matter....Pages 233-233 Interpreting Symptoms of Cognitive Load in Speech Input....Pages 235-244 An Application-Independent Intelligent User Support System Exploiting Action-Sequence Based User Modelling....Pages 245-254 A User-Centered Approach to User Modeling....Pages 255-264 The Emergence of Student Models from an Analysis of Ethical Decision Making in a Scenario-Based Learning Environment....Pages 265-274 Predicting Users’ Requests on the WWW....Pages 275-284 Front Matter....Pages 285-285 Cognitive Representation of Common Ground in User Interfaces....Pages 287-289 A Collaborative Approach to User Modeling within a Multi-Functional Architecture....Pages 291-293 Reader, Writer and Student Models to Support Writing....Pages 295-297 Tailoring Evaluative Arguments to User’s Preferences....Pages 299-301 A Student Model to Assess Self-Explanation while Learning from Examples....Pages 303-305 Modeling Cognition-Emotion of Users for Improved Interaction With Software Systems....Pages 307-309 Adapting the museum: a non-intrusive user modeling approach....Pages 311-313 ARGUER: Using Argument Schemas for Argument Detection and Rebuttal in Dialogs....Pages 315-317 Information Services Based on User Profile Communication....Pages 319-321 Case-based User Profiling in a Personal Travel Assistant....Pages 323-325 Front Matter....Pages 327-327 User Models and Regression Methods in Information Retrieval From the Internet....Pages 329-330 User Modeling in Mixed-Initiative Hypertexts....Pages 331-332 Temporary User Modeling for Adaptive Product Presentations in the Web....Pages 333-334 Front Matter....Pages 327-327 User models for helping the helper in peer help networks....Pages 335-336 A System to Assess Students’ Competence That Re-uses a Pencil and Paper Tool....Pages 337-338 Towards Building An Interactive Argumentation System....Pages 339-340 Evaluating Instructional Hypermedia: A User Modelling Perspective....Pages 341-342 Learning Bayesian Networks With Hidden Variables for User Modeling....Pages 343-344 Front Matter....Pages 345-345 User Knowledge, Multimedia Dialogue, and the Missing Axiom Theory....Pages 347-348 User Modeling: The Long and Winding Road....Pages 349-355 User Modeling in Adaptive Interface....Pages 357-370 Adaptive Learning Systems in the World Wide Web....Pages 371-377 Network Supported Active Social Learning Activities....Pages 379-379 Recent User Modeling Research in Germany....Pages 380-380 The Canadian TeleLearning Network of Centres of Excellence and Its Potential for User Modelling Research....Pages 381-381 User Modeling Research in Japan....Pages 382-383 Back Matter....Pages 385-393