To improve the process of user information retrieval, we propose the concept of a latent semantic map (LSM), along with a method of generating this map. The novel aspect of the LS...
The Community Cyberinfrastructure for Advanced Microbial Ecology Research and Analysis (CAMERA, http://camera.calit2.net/) is a database and associated computational infrastructur...
Two types of variability can occur in model output: variability between replications and variability within each replication. The objective of the model combined with the type of ...
This demonstration presents QueRIE, a recommender system that supports interactive database exploration. This system aims at assisting non-expert users of scientific databases by...
A number of researchers have become interested in the design of global-scale networked systems and applications. Our thesis here is that the database community's principles a...