An information delivery system with automatic summarization for mobile commerce

Wireless access with handheld devices is a promising addition to the WWW and traditional electronic business. Handheld devices provide convenience and portable access to the huge information space on the Internet without requiring users to be stationary with network connection. Many customer-centered m-services applications have been developed. The mobile computing, however, should be extended to decision support in an organization. There is a desire of accessing most update and accurate information on handheld devices for fast decision making in an organization. Unfortunately, loading and visualizing large documents on handheld devices are impossible due to their shortcomings. In this paper, we introduce the fractal summarization model for document summarization on handheld devices. Fractal summarization is developed based on the fractal theory. It generates a brief skeleton of summary at the first stage, and the details of the summary on different levels of the document are generate...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2007
• Where: DSS
• Authors: Christopher C. Yang, Fu Lee Wang
• Keywords: DSS 2007, Fractal Summarization, Handheld Devices, Wireless Access