In this paper, we define and study a novel search problem: Comparative Web Search (CWS). The task of CWS is to seek relevant and comparative information from the Web to help users...
The binary form of an image does not tell what the image is about. It is possible to retrieve images from a database using pattern matching techniques, but usually textual descript...
The Web has been rapidly "deepened" by myriad searchable databases online, where data are hidden behind query interfaces. As an essential task toward integrating these m...
We present a case study about the application of the inductive database approach to the analysis of Web logs. We consider rich XML Web logs ? called conceptual logs ? that are gen...
Rosa Meo, Pier Luca Lanzi, Maristella Matera, Robe...
The rapid growth of the world wide web had made the problem of topic speci c resource discovery an important one in recent years. In this problem, it is desired to nd web pages wh...