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Grammar-based task analysis of web logs

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The daily use of Internet-based services is involved with hundreds of different tasks being performed by multiple users. A single task is typically involved with a sequence of Web URLs invocation. We study the problem of pattern detection in Web logs to identify tasks performed by users, and analyze task trends over time using a grammar-based framework. Our results are demonstrated on a corporate Intranet portal application with 7000 users over a 6 week period and demonstrate compelling business value from this high-level task analysis.

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CIKM '04: Proceedings of the thirteenth ACM international conference on Information and knowledge management
November 2004
678 pages
ISBN:1581138741
DOI:10.1145/1031171
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Published: 13 November 2004

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  1. data mining
  2. pattern detection
  3. regular grammar
  4. web logs analysis

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