Local search has become a hot topic recently in information retrieval research area. How to retrieve geographical information correctly and efficiently is a key challenge to locat...
Zhisheng Li, Chong Wang 0002, Xing Xie, Xufa Wang,...
Content-oriented retrieval models are based on a document-term matrix, whereas link-oriented retrieval models are based on an adjacent (parentchild) matrix. Term frequency and inv...
Comparing and contrasting is an important strategy people employ to understand new situations and create solutions for new problems. Similar events can provide hints for problem s...
In application areas like personal information agents user modelstypically maintain sophisticated representations of personal interest profiles. Theserepresentations can be utiliz...
One issue involved in accessing multiple heterogeneous information sources is how to integrate the retrieved data. SIMS, an information mediator, handles this problem by mapping t...