Adaptive Navigation Support: From Adaptive Hypermedia to the Adaptive Web and Beyond

Abstract

Adaptive navigation support is a specific group of technologies that support user navigation in "virtual spaces " adapting to the goals, preferences and knowledge of the individual user. These technologies, originally developed in the field of adaptive hypermedia, are becoming increasingly important in several adaptive Web applications from Web-based adaptive hypermedia to adaptive virtual reality. This paper provides a brief introduction to adaptive navigation support, reviews major adaptive navigation support technologies, and presents a sequence of projects performed by our group to study adaptive navigation support in different contexts.