The ability to efficiently discover information using partial knowledge (for example keywords, attributes or ranges) is important in large, decentralized, resource sharing distri...
: Generic systems for content-based image retrieval (CBIR), such as QBIC [7] cannot be used to solve domain-specific image retrieval problems, as for example, the identification of...
Data retrieved from body sensors such as ECG machines and new-generation multi-sensor systems such as respiratory monitors are varied and abundant. Managing and integrating this s...
Alfonso F. Cardenas, Raymond K. Pon, Robert B. Cam...
: The interdisciplinary ViFaChem II project aims at providing a chemical digital library infrastructure for creating personalized information spaces. The value added services and s...
We introduce the formal framework of a generalized interaction scheme for information access between users and information sources. Within this framework we describe an interactio...