While classic information retrieval methods return whole documents as a result of a query, many information demands would be better satisfied by fine-grain access inside the docu...
Computer systems are resource constrained. Application adaptation is a useful way to optimize system resource usage while satisfying the application performance constraints. Previ...
In many database applications involving string data, it is common to have near neighbor queries (asking for strings that are similar to a query string) or nearest neighbor queries...
Background: Concomitant with the rise in the popularity of DNA microarrays has been a surge of proposed methods for the analysis of microarray data. Fully controlled "spike-i...
Qianqian Zhu, Jeffrey C. Miecznikowski, Marc S. Ha...
Flexbility and deployment simplicity are among the numerous advantages of wireless links when compared to standard wired communications. However, challenges do remain high for wire...