Abstract. This paper describes the technique for translation of character n-grams we developed for our participation in CLEF 2006. This solution avoids the need for word normalizat...
The successful development of any geographic information system project needs the careful design and implementation of spatial databases via conceptual and logical data-modeling. T...
We address aggregate queries over GIS data and moving object data, where non-spatial information is stored in a data warehouse. We propose a formal data model and query language t...
The objective of this research is the exploration how affective knowledge used in global controlling mechanisms for public information systems with lifelike presentation agents wil...
Most question answering (QA) and information retrieval (IR) systems are insensitive to different users' needs and preferences, and also to the existence of multiple, complex ...