Modeling Hypermedia-Based Communication
Human-Computer Interaction
2007-07-16 v1 Computers and Society
Information Retrieval
Information Theory
math.IT
Abstract
In this article, we explore two approaches to modeling hypermedia-based communication. It is argued that the classical conveyor-tube framework is not applicable to the case of computer- and Internet- mediated communication. We then present a simple but very general system-theoretic model of the communication process, propose its mathematical interpretation, and derive several formulas, which qualitatively and quantitatively accord with data obtained on-line. The devised theoretical results generalize and correct the Zipf-Mandelbrot law and can be used in information system design. At the paper's end, we give some conclusions and draw implications for future work.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.cs/0605122,
title = {Modeling Hypermedia-Based Communication},
author = {V. V. Kryssanov and K. Kakusho and E. L. Kuleshov and M. Minoh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/0605122},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
35 pages, 4 figures, 1 table. Preprint completed in 2004