Abstract— This paper presents our work on supporting flexible query evaluation over large distributed, heterogeneous, and autonomous sources. Flexibility means that the query ev...
A progressive spatial query retrieves spatial data based on previous queries (e.g., to fetch data in a more restricted area with higher resolution). A direct query, on the other si...
Contemporary XPath query engines evaluate queries in time exponential in the sizes of input queries, a fact that has gone unnoticed for a long time. Recently, the first main
Searching answers to complex questions is a challenging IR task. In this paper, we examine the use of query templates with semantic slots to formulate slot-based queries. These qu...
This study investigated a relatively unexamined query type, queries composed of URLs. The extent, variation and user click-through behavior was examined to determine the intent be...