Recently, there has been growing interest in random sampling from online hidden databases. These databases reside behind form-like web interfaces which allow users to execute sear...
In this paper, we present our participation in the ImageCLEF 2005 ad-hoc track. First, we describe a preliminary pool of cross-language experiments with the ImageCLEF 2004 testbed...
Suppose we have n algorithms, quantum or classical, each computing some bit-value with bounded error probability. We describe a quantum algorithm that uses O( √ n) repetitions of...
The proliferation of online information resources increases the importance of effective and efficient distributed searching. Distributed searching is cast in three parts – datab...
Allison L. Powell, James C. French, James P. Calla...
Individuals often use search engines to return to web pages they have previously visited. This behaviour, called refinding, accounts for about 38% of all queries. While researcher...