PageRank is defined as the stationary state of a Markov chain obtained by perturbing the transition matrix of a web graph with a damping factor that spreads part of the rank. The...
Abstract. Life science data sources represent a complex link-driven federation of publicly available Web accessible sources. A fundamental need for scientists today is the ability ...
Ranking plays a central role in many Web search and information retrieval applications. Ensemble ranking, sometimes called meta-search, aims to improve the retrieval performance b...
User browsing information, particularly their non-search related activity, reveals important contextual information on the preferences and the intent of web users. In this paper, ...
Methods for ranking World Wide Web resources according to their position in the link structure of the Web are receiving considerable attention, because they provide the first e...