Classical query expansion techniques such as the local context analysis (LCA) make use of term co-occurrence statistics to incorporate additional contextual terms for enhancing pa...
: Most today's web sources do not provide suitable interfaces for software programs to interact with them. Many researchers have proposed highly effective techniques to addres...
Paula Montoto, Alberto Pan, Juan Raposo, Jos&eacut...
Abstract. In this paper, a Fuzzy Dominant Texture Descriptor is proposed for semantically describing an image. This fuzzy descriptor is defined over a set of fuzzy sets modelling ...
In XML retrieval, two distinct approaches have been established and pursued without much cross-fertilization taking place so far. On the one hand, native XML databases tailored to...
We address the task of answering natural language questions by using the large number of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) pages available on the web. The task involves three steps...