Fundaments of Adaptive Personalisation

The research reported in this thesis has been carried out under the auspices of SIKS, the Dutch Research School for Information and Knowledge Systems. Preface Here I present the result of my last four years of hard work. When I started the process I had the idea to learn more and to satisfy my curiosity. In the end I think I can say that I succeeded. There is however much more to a Ph.D. than satisfying curiosity. When I applied for the position, I was asked whether I had enough perseverence to see it through. Out of desire to get the job I said I thought I had. Not realising that indeed it would be very much needed. The fact that this book is here today is proof that indeed I had the perseverence to pull through. This feat however would not have been possible without the support of many people. Herewith I would like to extend my thanks to my colleagues. In particular my daily supervisor Patrick van Bommel and my promotor Theo van der Weide. Erik Proper receives thanks for the spark of inspiration that made my theory even better than before. Aditionally I would like to thank my family, and in particular my wife Lai for their support and understanding during the stressfull time of writing the thesis. Finally I would like to thank all that helped me by checking my thesis.