In this paper, we propose a method to search the Web for sentence substitutions for a given sentence query. Our method uses only lexico-syntactic patterns dynamically generated fro...
The performance of XML database queries can be greatly enhanced by rewriting them using materialized views. We study the problem of rewriting a query using materialized views, whe...
The range nearest-neighbor (NN) query is an important query type in location-based services, as it can be applied to the case that an NN query has a spatial region, instead of a lo...
Chi-Yin Chow, Mohamed F. Mokbel, Joe Naps, Suman N...
Query-by-tapping systems are content-based music retrieval systems that allow users to tap or clap in a microphone the rhythmic pattern of the melody requested. In this paper, a n...
The W3C's Semantic Web Activity is illustrating the use of semantics for information integration, search, and analysis. However, the majority of the work in this community ha...