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SPIRE
2004
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Inferring Query Performance Using Pre-retrieval Predictors.
The prediction of query performance is an interesting and important issue in Information Retrieval (IR). Current predictors involve the use of relevance scores, which are time-cons...
Ben He, Iadh Ounis
CIKM
2001
Springer
14 years 14 days ago
Automatic Query Expansion Based on Divergence
In this paper we are mainly concerned with discussion of a formal model, based on the basic concept of divergence from information theory, for automatic query expansion. The basic...
D. Cai, C. J. van Rijsbergen, Joemon M. Jose
DEXAW
2007
IEEE
124views Database» more  DEXAW 2007»
13 years 12 months ago
XML Query Optimisation: Specify your Selectivity
The problem of efficiently evaluating XPath and XQuery queries has become increasingly significant since more and more XML data is stored in its native form. We propose a novel op...
Sven Hartmann, Sebastian Link
VLDB
1995
ACM
96views Database» more  VLDB 1995»
13 years 11 months ago
The Fittest Survives: An Adaptive Approach to Query Optimization
Traditionally, optimizers are “programmed” to optimize queries following a set of buildin procedures. However, optimizers should be robust to its changing environment to gener...
Hongjun Lu, Kian-Lee Tan, Son Dao
WEBI
2010
Springer
13 years 5 months ago
The Effects of Query Bursts on Web Search
A query burst is a period of heightened interest of users on a topic which yields a higher frequency of the search queries related to it. In this paper we examine the behavior of s...
Ilija Subasic, Carlos Castillo