This paper uses a knowledge-based approach to querying heterogeneous spatial databases based on an ontology and conceptual and attribute similarities. The ontology, which may be in...
We study hierarchical classification in the general case when an instance could belong to more than one class node in the underlying taxonomy. Experiments done in previous work sh...
Relevance feedback (RF) is an interactive process which refines the retrievals by utilizing user’s feedback history. Most researchers strive to develop new RF techniques and ign...
Peng-Yeng Yin, Bir Bhanu, Kuang-Cheng Chang, Anlei...
The area of integrating simulation and optimization has recently undergone remarkable changes. New advances are making available applications of simulation that previously had bee...
Molecular self-assembly is a promising approach to bottom-up fabrication of complex structures. A major impediment to the practical use of self-assembly to create complex structure...