This paper presents a unified framework for 3D shape retrieval. The method supports multimodal queries (2D images, sketches, 3D objects) by introducing a novel view-based approach...
We present a probabilistic model for a document corpus that combines many of the desirable features of previous models. The model is called “GaP” for Gamma-Poisson, the distri...
Many have speculated that classifying web pages can improve a search engine's ranking of results. Intuitively results should be more relevant when they match the class of a q...
Paul N. Bennett, Krysta Marie Svore, Susan T. Duma...
This paper discusses a novel distributed adaptive algorithm and representation used to construct populations of adaptive Web agents. These InfoSpiders browse networked information ...
In order to help users navigate an image search system, one could provide explicit information on a small set of images as to which of them are relevant or not to their task. Thes...