We introduce a new dissimilarity function for ranked lists, the expected weighted Hoeffding distance, that has several advantages over current dissimilarity measures for ranked s...
Web searching is a significant activity for many people seeking multimedia information. Major Web search engines, such as Alta Vista, are essential tools in the quest to locate re...
The main objective of this work is to exploit the relationship between the information findability problem and a subject-based organization of information. Identification of a sub...
Web Services technology enables organisations to exploit software as a service. Services are accessed by method invocations. Method interfaces are described and published, and may...
: Search engines--"web dragons"--are the portals through which we access society's treasure trove of information. They do not publish the algorithms they use to sort...