Related news articles

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program, the computer program comprising:

• program instructions for defining a plurality of candidates based on a seed s;
• program instructions for calculating, for each candidate d, scores for relevance, novelty, connection clarity, and transition smoothness, wherein the score for connection clarity is based on a relevance score of an intersection between the seed and each candidate, wherein the score for transition smoothness measures an interest in reading each candidate when transitioning from the seed to each candidate;
• program instructions for calculating, for each candidate, a relatedness score based on the calculated scores for relevance, novelty, connection clarity, and transition smoothness;
• and
• program instructions for selecting at least one candidate from the plurality of candidates based on the relatedness scores.

A method for providing news articles, the method comprising:

• defining a plurality of news candidates based on a seed article s selected by a user;
• for each news candidate d, calculating scores for relevance, novelty, connection clarity, and transition smoothness, wherein the score for connection clarity is based on a relevance score of an intersection between the seed article and each news candidate, wherein the score for transition smoothness measures an interest in reading each news candidate when transitioning from the seed article to each news candidate;
• for each news candidate, calculating a relatedness score based on the calculated scores for relevance, novelty, connection clarity, and transition smoothness;
• and
• selecting based on the relatedness scores a subset of news candidates from the plurality of news candidates for presentation to the user, wherein operations of the method are executed by a processor.