Given the ranked lists of documents returned by multiple search engines in response to a given query, the problem of metasearch is to combine these lists in a way which optimizes ...
We consider 3D object retrieval in which a polygonal mesh serves as a query and similar objects are retrieved from a collection of 3D objects. Algorithms proceed first by a normal...
This paper introduces the concept of spatial filters as an approach to increasing the relevance of the information retrieved by users of mobile information systems. This approach ...
Web Directories have emerged as an alternative to the Search Engines for locating information on the Web. Typically, Web Directories rely on humans putting in significant time and ...
Sofia Stamou, Alexandros Ntoulas, Vlassis Krikos, ...
Feature selection and weighting are central problems in pattern recognition and instance-based learning. In this work, we discuss the challenges of constructing and weighting feat...
Kreshna Gopal, Tod D. Romo, James C. Sacchettini, ...