In a new model for answer retrieval, document collections are distilled offline into large repositories of facts. Each fact constitutes a potential direct answer to questions seek...
Web searching is a significant activity for many people seeking multimedia information. Major Web search engines, such as Alta Vista, are essential tools in the quest to locate re...
Abstract. We present a detailed workload characterization of a multi-tiered system that hosts an e-commerce site. Using the TPC-W workload and via experimental measurements, we ill...
The mass and complexity of biological information requires computer-aided simulation and analysis to help scientists achieve understanding and guide experimentation. Although livi...
Hila Amir-Kroll, Avital Sadot, Irun R. Cohen, Davi...
—In this paper, we present a novel method to recognize characters with severe perspective distortion using hash tables and perspective invariants. The proposed algorithm consists...