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CIKM
2001
Springer
14 years 29 days ago
Model-based Feedback in the Language Modeling Approach to Information Retrieval
The language modeling approach to retrieval has been shown to perform well empirically. One advantage of this new approach is its statistical foundations. However, feedback, as on...
ChengXiang Zhai, John D. Lafferty
AAAI
1998
13 years 9 months ago
Probabilistic Frame-Based Systems
Two of the most important threads of work in knowledge representation today are frame-based representation systems (FRS's) and Bayesian networks (BNs). FRS's provide an ...
Daphne Koller, Avi Pfeffer
WADS
1989
Springer
84views Algorithms» more  WADS 1989»
14 years 14 days ago
Skip Lists: A Probabilistic Alternative to Balanced Trees
rees can be used for representing abstract data types such as dictionaries and ordered lists. They work well when the elements are inserted in a random order. Some sequences of ope...
William Pugh
ICDE
2006
IEEE
193views Database» more  ICDE 2006»
14 years 9 months ago
Probabilistic Message Passing in Peer Data Management Systems
Until recently, most data integration techniques involved central components, e.g., global schemas, to enable transparent access to heterogeneous databases. Today, however, with t...
Philippe Cudré-Mauroux, Karl Aberer, Andras...
SIGMOD
2008
ACM
193views Database» more  SIGMOD 2008»
14 years 8 months ago
ARCube: supporting ranking aggregate queries in partially materialized data cubes
Supporting ranking queries in database systems has been a popular research topic recently. However, there is a lack of study on supporting ranking queries in data warehouses where...
Tianyi Wu, Dong Xin, Jiawei Han