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An Automaton Model of User-Controlled Navigation on the Web

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Implementation and Application of Automata (CIAA 2000)

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We present a simple theoretical model of web navigation, in which each WWW user creates style specifications which constrain web browsing, search and navigation using the user’s own judgement of the quality of visited sites. A finite state automaton is associated with each specification, which is presented in a two-level modal logic making up the acceptance condition for the automaton. We show that many interesting queries regarding the user’s web search can be answered using standard automata theory.

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  1. The Institute of Mathematical Sciences C.I.T. Campus, Chennai, 600 113, India

    K. Lodaya & R. Ramanujam

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Middlesex College, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, N6A 5B7

    Shen Yu  & Andrei Păun  & 

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Lodaya, K., Ramanujam, R. (2001). An Automaton Model of User-Controlled Navigation on the Web. In: Yu, S., Păun, A. (eds) Implementation and Application of Automata. CIAA 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2088. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44674-5_17

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