Abstract. The ostensive model assumes that a user’s information need is dynamic and developing, thus, a recently accessed object can be seen as more indicative to the current inf...
Ontologies represent a method of formally expressing a shared understanding of information, and have been seen by many authors as a prerequisite for the "Semantic web". ...
Effective representation of Web search results remains an open problem in the Information Retrieval community. For ambiguous queries, a traditional approach is to organize search ...
Caching web pages is an important part of web infrastructure. The effects of caching services are even more pronounced for wireless infrastructures due to their limited bandwidth. ...
Most of the information needs today can be satisfied by searching and browsing the Web. However, repetitive tasks such as monitoring information on Web sites should be done autom...