User modeling for information retrieval has mostly been studied to improve the effectiveness of information access in centralized repositories. In this paper we explore user model...
Measuring the information retrieval effectiveness of Web search engines can be expensive if human relevance judgments are required to evaluate search results. Using implicit user ...
This article presents the results of an empirical experiment designed to gain insight into what is the effect of the minimax algorithm on the evaluation function. The experiment’...
Content-Based Image Retrieval is a challenging problem both in terms of effectiveness and efficiency. In this paper, we present a flexible cluster-and-search approach that is able ...
Anderson Rocha, Jurandy Almeida, Mario A. Nascimen...
This paper presents a Q-learning based scheme for managing the partial coverage problem and the ill effects of free riding in unstructured P2P networks. Based on various parameter ...