In this work we provide a new methodology for comparing regression functions m1 and m2 from two samples. Since apart from smoothness no other (parametric) assumptions are required...
One of the critical steps in designing a secure biometric system is protecting the templates of the users that are stored either in a central database or on smart cards. If a biom...
Users who are unfamiliar with database query languages can search XML data sets using keyword queries. Previous work has shown that current XML keyword search methods, although in...
One useful feature that is missing from today’s database systems is an explain capability that enables users to seek clarifications on unexpected query results. There are two t...
Weighted tree transducers have been proposed as useful formal models for representing syntactic natural language processing applications, but there has been little description of ...