Existing retrieval models generally do not offer any guarantee for optimal retrieval performance. Indeed, it is even difficult, if not impossible, to predict a model’s empirica...
The exploration of large information spaces is a difficult task, especially if the user is not familiar with the terminology used to describe information. Conceptual models of a do...
Heiner Stuckenschmidt, Anita de Waard, Ravinder Bh...
The performance of parallel query processing in a cluster of index servers is crucial for modern web search systems. In such a scenario, the response time basically depends on the...
Claudine Santos Badue, Ricardo A. Baeza-Yates, Ber...
Abstract—For many tasks, such as the integration of knowledge bases in the semantic web, one must not only handle the knowledge itself, but also characterizations of this knowled...
Simon Schenk, Renata Queiroz Dividino, Steffen Sta...
We introduce a stochastic model that describes the quasistatic dynamics of an electric transmission network under perturbations introduced by random load fluctuations, random rem...
Marian Anghel, Kenneth A. Werley, Adilson E. Motte...