2009/01/01 by Bruno Gonçalves, Bruno Goncalves, José J. Ramasco +1 · 2 citations
Computer Science · Decision Sciences · Physics and Astronomy · #Analytics #Complex Network Analysis Techniques #Data Visualization and Analytics #Data analysis #Focus (optics) #Function (biology) #Personal Information Management and User Behavior #Relation (database) #Variety (cybernetics) #cs.CY #cs.HC #physics.soc-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/978-3-642-02469-6_102
published in Lecture notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, 2247-2254 · 8 pages, 4 figures. To appear in Proceeding of Complex'09
openalex publication_date 2009/01/01 · arxiv created 2009/01/05 · arxiv updated 2010/04/27 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We perform an analysis of the way individual users navigate in the Web. We focus primarily in the temporal patterns of they return to a given page. The return probability as a function of time as well as the distribution of time intervals between consecutive visits are measured and found to be independent of the level of activity of single users. The results indicate a rich variety of individual behaviors and seem to preclude the possibility of defining a characteristic frequency for each user in his/her visits to a single site.