Abstract. This paper explores the possibility of using a modified Expectation-Maximization algorithm to estimate parameters for a simple hierarchical generative model for XML retr...
Users as actors in interactive information retrieval (IIR) are seen in the contexts of their perceived work tasks and information seeking behaviour. The paper models IIR processes ...
This paper proposes a novel framework for music content indexing and retrieval. The music structure information, i.e., timing, harmony and music region content, is represented by ...
Namunu Chinthaka Maddage, Haizhou Li, Mohan S. Kan...
This research addresses the problem of image retrieval by exploring the semantic relationships that exist between image annotations. This is done by using linguistic relationships ...
The emergence of the world-wide-web has led to an increased interest in methods for searching for information. A key characteristic of many of the online document collections is t...