We develop a query algebra that supports efficient assertion retrieval--a natural extension of instance retrieval. The algebra is based on previously developed techniques for index...
Jeffrey Pound, David Toman, Grant E. Weddell, Jiew...
Conventional approaches to image retrieval are based on the assumption that relevant images are physically near the query image in some feature space. This is the basis of the clu...
This paper describes the technical details of SemRetriev, a prototype system for image retrieval which combines the use of an ontology which structures an image repository and of ...
We investigate three methods for defining a session on Web search engines. We examine 2,465,145 interactions from 534,507 Web searchers. We compare defining sessions using: 1) Int...
In this paper we examine user queries with respect to diversity: providing a mix of results across different interpretations. Using two query log analysis techniques (click entrop...
Paul Clough, Mark Sanderson, Murad Abouammoh, Serg...