Abstract:

 With the growing number of internet users,  search engines are widely used, so collaborative Web search becomes an everyday behavior. However the current mainstream search engines and Web browsers are designed for sole users  and are not convenient for collaborative Web search. A novel CBR-based collaborative Web search model utilizing expertise was  explored. First, two ways to implement a collaborative Web search were pointed out. Then, the proposed model and two demo systems were discussed.

Key words: collaborative Web search; case-based reasoning; search expertise; recommender system