In this paper we propose a novel fusion strategy which fuses information from multiple physical traits via a cascading verification process. In the proposed system users are veri...
Expressing the similarity between musical streams is a challenging task as it involves the understanding of many factors which are most often blended into one information channel:...
We study the recurrence dynamics of queries in Web search by analysing a large real-world query log dataset. We find that query frequency is more useful in predicting collective ...
In this paper we introduce the notion of constrained nearest neighbor queries (CNN) and propose a series of methods to answer them. This class of queries can be thought of as neare...
This paper describes an algebra for use with parallel object databases, and in particular ODMG compliant databases with OQL. Although there have been many proposals for parallel r...
Sandra de F. Mendes Sampaio, Norman W. Paton, Paul...