In this paper we introduce POLAR, a probabilistic objectoriented logical framework for annotation-based information retrieval. In POLAR, the knowledge about digital objects, annot...
Knowledge discovery and data correlation require a unified approach to basic data management. However, achieving such an approach is nearly impossible with hundreds of disparate d...
Daniel J. Crichton, J. Steven Hughes, Gregory J. D...
Query logs record the queries and the actions of the users of search engines, and as such they contain valuable information about the interests, the preferences, and the behavior ...
Paolo Boldi, Francesco Bonchi, Carlos Castillo, De...
Clinical trial protocols include schedule of clinical trial activities such as clinical tests, procedures, and medications. The schedule specifies temporal constraints on the seque...
Ravi D. Shankar, Susana B. Martins, Martin J. O'Co...
In this paper we propose a visual interface for the specification of predicates to be used in queries on spatio-temporal databases. The approach is based on a visual specification ...