Ranking search results is a fundamental problem in information retrieval. In this paper we explore whether the use of proximity and phrase information can improve web retrieval ac...
In a hybrid peer-to-peer (P2P) system, flooding and DHT are both employed for content locating. The decision to use flooding or DHT largely depends on the population of desired da...
Xiaoqiu Shi, Jinsong Han, Yunhao Liu, Lionel M. Ni
There is much interest in providing effective mobile search tools. Our focus is the value of in situ sharing of users’ mobile search activity. The QnotA prototype displays other...
David Arter, George Buchanan, Matt Jones, Richard ...
Multimedia documents are increasingly used which involve to develop model to that kind of data. In this paper we present a multimedia model which combines textual and visual inform...
The Internet and corporate intranets provide far more information than anybody can absorb. People use search engines to find the information they require. However, these systems t...