—Millions of people are using the World Wide Web and are publishing content online. This user generated content contains many information relevant not only to marketing but to co...
As the amount of textual information available through the World Wide Web grows, there is a growing need for high-precision IR systems that enable a user to nd useful information ...
Mandar Mitra, Chris Buckley, Amit Singhal, Claire ...
Knowing the reputations of your own and/or competitors' products is important for marketing and customer relationship management. It is, however, very costly to collect and a...
Managing personal aspects of health is challenging for many patients, particularly those facing a serious condition such as cancer. Finding experienced patients, who can share the...
Andrea Civan-Hartzler, David W. McDonald, Chris Po...
A cooperative database allows the user to specify approximate or vague query conditions. A vague query requires the database system to rank the retrieved answers according to thei...