Users frequently modify a previous search query in hope of retrieving better results. These modifications are called query reformulations or query refinements. Existing research h...
Abstract. Because the notion of context is multi-disciplinary [17], it encompasses lots of issues in Information Retrieval. In this paper, we define the context as the information ...
To address the emerging needs of applications that require access to and retrieval of multimediaobjects, we are developing the Multimedia Analysis and Retrieval System (MARS) in o...
Michael Ortega, Yong Rui, Kaushik Chakrabarti, Sha...
It has long been recognised that interactivity improves the effectiveness of Information Retrieval systems. Speech is the most natural and interactive medium of communication and ...
We present the InfoBeacons system, in which a peer-to-peer network of beacons cooperates to route queries to the best information sources. The routing in our system uses techniques...