Personalized query result presentation and offer composition for E-procurement applications [Elektronische Ressource] / Stefan Fischer

Personalized Query Result Presentation and Offer Composition for E-Procurement Applications Doctoral Thesis Dipl.-Math. oec. Stefan Fischer Faculty of Applied Computer Science University of Augsburg Fischer@Informatik.Uni-Augsburg.DE © Copyright 2004. All rights reserved. 2______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Examiner: Prof. Dr. Werner Kießling 2. Examiner: Prof. Dr. Elisabeth André Day of oral examination: 27.07.2004 3______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract As long as there have been database search engines there has been the problem of what to present to the customer when there is no perfect match and how to present that query result to the cus-tomer. Respecting the customer’s search preferences is the suitable way to search for best matching alternatives. Modeling such preferences as strict partial orders in “A is better than B” semantics has been proven to be user intuitive in various internet applications. The better the search result, the better is the psychological advantage of the presenter.