Previous works on automatic query clustering most generate a flat, un-nested partition of query terms. In this work, we are pursuing to organize query terms into a hierarchical s...
In the conventional Peer-to-Peer (P2P) networks, many research projects or practical applications still use the keyword-based retrieval methods in the information searching compon...
—A Search Support Engine (SSE) is implemented based on the basic principles of Information Retrieval Support Systems (IRSS) and Information Seeking Support Systems (ISSS). An SSE...
Similarity search in metric spaces is a general paradigm that can be used in several application fields. It can also be effectively exploited in content-based image retrieval syst...
With massive book digitization efforts underway, there is a need for developing effective book retrieval strategies. This paper explores the relative contribution of different par...