We describe an algorithm for similar-image search which
is designed to be efficient for extremely large collections of
images. For each query, a small response set is selected by...
Lorenzo Torresani (Dartmouth College), Martin Szum...
We study the problem of answering ambiguous web queries in a setting where there exists a taxonomy of information, and that both queries and documents may belong to more than one ...
Rakesh Agrawal, Sreenivas Gollapudi, Alan Halverso...
— We consider how to support a large number of users over a wide-area network whose interests are characterized by range top-k continuous queries. Given an object update, we need...
Evaluation measures act as objective functions to be optimized by information retrieval systems. Such objective functions must accurately reflect user requirements, particularly w...
Charles L. A. Clarke, Maheedhar Kolla, Gordon V. C...
MAX is a system that facilitates human-centric search of the physical world. It allows humans to search for and locate objects as and when they need it instead of organizing them ...