Inference based on Fuzzy Deformable Prototypes for information filtering in dynamic web repositories

In this paper, a novel document filtering model in dynamic web repositories based on fuzzy deformable prototypes is presented. This model is based on fuzzy hierarchical categorization of documents. It defines an easy process to deal with the incoming documents and an efficient method to update their structure. The process is performed comparing the fuzzy prototypes of document cluster with the available information about documents contents. It exploits conceptual-based filtering criteria and category-based filtering techniques to deliver to the user an intelligent structure of the documents. Since filtering is a dynamic process, the knowledge base can update the hierarchy of existing documents. The clusters hierarchy can be easily and efficiently updated when new documents income on the repository by means of an inference method which is based on fuzzy deformable prototypes.