Searchers have a choice about which Web search engine they use when looking for information online. If they are unsuccessful on one engine, users may switch to a different engine ...
As more information becomes available on the World Wide Web, it has become an acute problem to provide effective search tools for information access. Previous generations of search...
Many web queries seek information about named entities (such as products or people). Web search engines federate such entity-oriented queries to relevant structured databases; the...
To facilitate ordinary people to search medical information, we have built an intelligent medical Web search engine called iMed. iMed uses medical knowledge and an interactive que...
Recent developments in software component technology have renewed the promise of reusable software. Combining this with the possibilities of sharing simulation results and models ...