An important means of allowing non-expert end-users to pose ad hoc queries — whether over single databases or data integration systems — is through keyword search. Given a set...
Abstract. In this paper, we demonstrate an effective ranked XML keyword search with meaningful result display. Our system, named ICRA, recognizes a set of object classes in XML dat...
Abstract. Regarding web searches, users have become used to keywordbased search interfaces due to their ease of use. However, this implies a semantic gap between the user's in...
Carlos Bobed, Raquel Trillo, Eduardo Mena, Sergio ...
Unlike traditional database queries, keyword queries do not adhere to predefined syntax and are often dirty with irrelevant words from natural languages. This makes accurate and e...
— Location-based services (LBS) have been widely accepted by mobile users. Many LBS users have direction-aware search requirement that answers must be in a search direction. Howe...