We identify crucial design issues in building a distributed inverted index for a large collection of web pages. We introduce a novel pipelining technique for structuring the core ...
In this paper, we present and evaluate alternative techniques to effect the use of location-independent identiļ¬ers in distributed database systems. Location-independent identiļ¬...
A Query by Humming system allows the user to find a song by humming part of the tune. No musical training is needed. Previous query by humming systems have not provided satisfacto...
Abstract. We present a general technique to support reflection in C++, exploiting template metaprogramming techniques. The technique is used for building an object interface to rel...
There are many advantages to be gained by storing the lexicon of a full text database in main memory. In this paper we describe how to use a compressed inverted file index to sear...