XML query languages use directional path expressions to locate data in an XML data collection. They are tightly coupled to the structure of a data collection, and can fail when ev...
Sourav S. Bhowmick, Curtis E. Dyreson, Erwin Leona...
This paper introduces a composite relevance feedback approach for image retrieval using transaction-based and SVM-based learning. A transaction repository is dynamically constructe...
In this paper we focus on the following problem in information management: given a large collection of recorded information and some knowledge of the process that is generating th...
In this paper, we assess the impact of using thesaurus-based query expansion methods, at the Information Retrieval (IR) stage of a Question Answering (QA) system. We focus on expan...
Answering aggregate queries like sum, count, min, max over regions containing moving objects is often needed for virtual world applications, real-time monitoring systems, etc. Sin...