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Exploring Newer Domains

To help with both adaptation as well as serendipity, the system should explore for new kinds of information. Exploration for new information domains could either precede or succeed a change in user interest. When it precedes the change in user interests, the system apparently exhibits the serendipity behavior. Conversely, when the change in user interest precedes the exploration, it appears as if the system is exhibiting better adaptive behavior in response to the change in user interests. In either case, however, the system needs to be able to guess the future interests based on currently known habits.



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