We consider the budget-constrained bidding optimization problem for sponsored search auctions, and model it as an online (multiple-choice) knapsack problem. We design both determi...
Yunhong Zhou, Deeparnab Chakrabarty, Rajan M. Luko...
This paper studies the problem of unified ranked retrieval of heterogeneous XML documents and Web data. We propose an effective search engine called Sailer to adaptively and versa...
Various sectors in developing countries are typically dominated by the presence of a large number of small and microbusinesses that operate in an informal, unorganized manner. Man...
Arun Kumar, Nitendra Rajput, Sheetal K. Agarwal, D...
In this paper, we propose a new approach to automatically compose data providing Web services. Our approach exploits existing mature works done in data integration systems. Specif...
Mahmoud Barhamgi, Djamal Benslimane, Aris M. Oukse...
The research objective of this work is to develop a general framework that incorporates collaborative social tagging with a novel ontology scheme conveying multiple perspectives. ...