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WWW
2006
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Generating query substitutions
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...
EDBT
2010
ACM
177views Database» more  EDBT 2010»
14 years 2 months ago
Bridging the gap between intensional and extensional query evaluation in probabilistic databases
There are two broad approaches to query evaluation over probabilistic databases: (1) Intensional Methods proceed by manipulating expressions over symbolic events associated with u...
Abhay Jha, Dan Olteanu, Dan Suciu
CHI
2006
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Tableau machine: an alien presence in the home
Research in Ambient Intelligence and Ubiquitous Computing has put computational devices into many social settings while leaving intact much of the "task support and informati...
Mario Romero, Zachary Pousman, Michael Mateas
VLDB
1987
ACM
100views Database» more  VLDB 1987»
13 years 11 months ago
Optimization of Systems of Algebraic Equations for Evaluating Datalog Queries
A Datalog program can be translated into a system of fixpoint equations of relational algebra; this paper studies how such a system can be solved and optimized for a particular qu...
Stefano Ceri, Letizia Tanca
SIGIR
2006
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Semantic term matching in axiomatic approaches to information retrieval
A common limitation of many retrieval models, including the recently proposed axiomatic approaches, is that retrieval scores are solely based on exact (i.e., syntactic) matching o...
Hui Fang, ChengXiang Zhai