The explosion of on-line information on the Internet has demonstrated that information as such is usually of little value. Hence it is important that individual users get only the information they need, at the time they need it, and in a form they can use. This project covers the whole cycle of information gathering. Users will get tools to communicate their information need. Their need is translated into formal queries.
Advanced techniques retrieve the required information.
Subsequently, this information is presented in a form which is adequate for the individual user. The system may be viewed as an 'intelligent agent' which pro-actively and usually autonomously will serve the user . The main theme of the Filtering Problem is to be an effective intermediate between a information sources and information users. A filtering mechanism can thus be seen as an information broker. Information sources contain huge amounts of information, usually in the form of a collection of information objects.