Ranking search results is a fundamental problem in information retrieval. In this paper we explore whether the use of proximity and phrase information can improve web retrieval ac...
In this paper, we report results of an investigation into the factors influencing the selection of sponsored links by e-commerce Web searchers. In this research, 56 participants e...
Abstract--To make sure they can quickly respond to a specific query, the main search engines have several mechanisms. One of them consists in ranking web pages according to their i...
Current search mechanisms of DHT-based P2P systems can well handle a single keyword search problem. Other than single keyword search, multi-keyword search is quite popular and use...
Hanhua Chen, Hai Jin, Jiliang Wang, Lei Chen 0002,...
Chor et al [3] show that when accessing a single public database, a user is only guaranteed safety from an administrator inferring the user's real intentions (an inference at...