User modeling for information retrieval has mostly been studied to improve the effectiveness of information access in centralized repositories. In this paper we explore user model...
The paper presents a semi-automated technique for feature location in source code. The technique is based on combining information from two different sources: an execution trace, ...
Abstract. Advances in web technology have given rise to new information retrieval applications. In this paper, we present a model for geographical region search and call this class...
Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) presents several challenges and has been subject to extensive research from many domains, such as image processing or database systems. Databa...
Ricardo da Silva Torres, Celmar G. Silva, Claudia ...
Term-weighting functions derived from various models of retrieval aim to model human notions of relevance more accurately. However, there is a lack of analysis of the sources of e...