Notes

UMs: Operationality (2)

Inferences that can be made are dependent on data available

Log-in patterns
Computer commands
Document access

Integration with the system:

Mapping abstract user behavior to system usage difficult
No one technique can predict all user behavior
Need not be 100% accurate
Minimise impact of incorrect inferences
Must adapt to developing user

Intrusion issue:

Users should be able to control UM functionality
Continuous questioning not desirable

These thoughts from "For want of a bit the user was lost: Cheap user modeling" Orwant, (1996)

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