We present a novel approach that transforms the weighting task to a typical coarse-grained classification problem, aiming to assign appropriate weights for candidate expansion term...
In this paper we address the problem of visual surveillance, which we define as the problem of optimally extracting information from the visual scene with a fixating, foveated ima...
Raghu G. Raj, Wilson S. Geisler, Robert A. Frazor,...
The MEDLINE database is the world largest repository of bio-medical abstracts. It is a central information entry point for most biologists despite the growing availability of full-...
We introduce the notion of query substitution, that is, generating a new query to replace a user's original search query. Our technique uses modifications based on typical su...
Rosie Jones, Benjamin Rey, Omid Madani, Wiley Grei...
XML databases often contain documents comprising structured text. Therefore, it is important to integrate "information retrieval style" query evaluation, which is well-s...