ADAPTIVE READING LEVEL ASSESSMENT FOR PERSONALIZED SEARCH

摘要

A system and associated methods are provided for generating a representation of the reading ability and general knowledge of a user, receiving information regarding a plurality of electronic documents, generating an estimate of the reading difficulty for the user of each electronic document of the plurality of electronic documents using the generated representation of the reading ability and general knowledge of the user, and presenting results based upon the estimates of the reading difficulty. The representation of the reading ability and general knowledge of a user may then be updated based, in part, upon feedback from the user regarding the presented results.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for computing a personalized estimate of reading difficulty for an electronic document, comprising:
generating a representation of the reading ability and general knowledge of a user; receiving first information regarding a plurality of electronic documents; generating an estimate of the reading difficulty for the user of each electronic document of the plurality of electronic documents using the generated representation of the reading ability and general knowledge of the user; and presenting second information regarding the plurality of electronic documents based upon the estimates of the reading difficulty for each of the plurality of electronic documents generated using the representation of the reading ability and general knowledge of the user.