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GIS
2010
ACM
13 years 3 months ago
Decentralized querying of topological relations between regions without using localization
This paper proposes an efficient, decentralized algorithm for determining the topological relationship between two regions monitored by a geosensor network. Many centralized algo...
Matt Duckham, Myeong Hun Jeong, Sanjiang Li, Joche...
CIKM
2003
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Time-based language models
We explore the relationship between time and relevance using TREC ad-hoc queries. A type of query is identified that favors very recent documents. We propose a time-based language...
Xiaoyan Li, W. Bruce Croft
CIKM
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Predicting accuracy of extracting information from unstructured text collections
Exploiting lexical and semantic relationships in large unstructured text collections can significantly enhance managing, integrating, and querying information locked in unstructur...
Eugene Agichtein, Silviu Cucerzan
PKDD
2009
Springer
118views Data Mining» more  PKDD 2009»
13 years 11 months ago
Protein Identification from Tandem Mass Spectra with Probabilistic Language Modeling
This paper presents an interdisciplinary investigation of statistical information retrieval (IR) techniques for protein identification from tandem mass spectra, a challenging probl...
Yiming Yang, Abhay Harpale, Subramaniam Ganapathy
UAI
1998
13 years 6 months ago
Inferring Informational Goals from Free-Text Queries: A Bayesian Approach
People using consumer software applications typically do not use technical jargon when querying an online database of help topics. Rather, they attempt to communicate their goals ...
David Heckerman, Eric Horvitz