PROCEDIA
2010
12 years 11 months ago
2010
In this work we address the issue of selecting and composing Web Services (WSs) considering functional requirements and transactional properties. We formalize the WS composition p...
WISE
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
In this paper, we propose a method for identifying and ranking possible categories of any user query based on the meanings and common usages of the terms and phrases within the que...
BMCBI
2007
13 years 4 months ago
2007
Background: High-throughput molecular biology provides new data at an incredible rate, so that the increase in the size of biological databanks is enormous and very rapid. This sc...
AAAI
1996
13 years 5 months ago
1996
We describe Occam, a query planning algorithm that determines the best way to integrate data from dierent sources. As input, Occam takes a library of site descriptions and a user ...
ECIR
2010
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
2010
Springer
In a multi-language Information Retrieval setting, the knowledge about the language of a user query is important for further processing. Hence, we compare the performance of some t...
CIKM
2008
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
2008
Springer
Simple word matching between the user query and document is common, as are mis-matches of meaning that occur as a consequence, and errors in recall. These defects in the "bag...
DL
1997
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
1997
Springer
Non-uniform query languages make searching over heterogeneous information sources difficult. Our approach is to allow a user to compose Boolean queries in one rich front-end lang...
ADBIS
2004
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2004
Springer
Abstract. Query reformulation techniques based on semantic knowledge have been used in two ways in database management systems, namely for query optimization and for data integrati...
CICLING
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2005
Springer
Passage retrieval consists in identifying short but informative runs of a long text, given a specific user query. We discuss the sources of evidence that help choosing likely high-...
ICDIM
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
2007
IEEE
The goal of personalization in information retrieval is to tailor the search engine results to the specific goals, preferences and general interests of the users. We propose a no...