Information "uptrieval": exploring models for content assimilation and aggregation for developing regions

Information Retrieval on the WWW is important because it is hard to find what one is looking for. There is a plethora of information available, and searching relevant information is a challenge. In the case of developing regions, we have the opposite problem: (1) Information availability of global markets is scarce. Most of the consumers and producers (of information as well as goods) are relegated to local markets in geographical vicinity. In order to reach wider markets, it is important for this local information to reach wider audiences. (Local information for global consumption LIG model). (2) At the same time, locally relevant information, such as delays in bus/train timings, mobile medical van schedule changes, electricity outage timings, is not easily available either. (Local information for local consumption LIL model). We introduce the term Information Uptrieval to address the reverse problem of acquiring, assimilating, aggregating and uploading global and local information t...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: WWW
• Authors: Sheetal K. Agarwal, Arun Kumar, Sougata Mukherjea, Amit Anil Nanavati, Nitendra Rajput
• Keywords: Internet Technology, Keywords Developing Regions, Local Information, Searching Relevant Information, WWW 2008