In this paper we propose a scaling-up method that is applicable to essentially any induction algorithm based on discrete search. The result of applying the method to an algorithm ...
Personalization is a powerful mechanism that helps users to cope with the abundance of information on the Web. Database query personalization achieves this by dynamically construc...
We present a divide-and-merge methodology for clustering a set of objects that combines a top-down "divide" phase with a bottom-up "merge" phase. In contrast, ...
David Cheng, Santosh Vempala, Ravi Kannan, Grant W...
Sensemaking tasks require users to perform complex research behaviors to gather and comprehend information from many sources. Such tasks are common and include, for example, resea...
Many consumers are misled into paying high prices due to the search costs associated with attaining price information [16]. The popularity of bargain-hunting web sites like Slickd...