Abstract--To make sure they can quickly respond to a specific query, the main search engines have several mechanisms. One of them consists in ranking web pages according to their i...
The quality of a local search engine, such as Google and Bing Maps, heavily relies on its geographic datasets. Typically, these datasets are obtained from multiple sources, e.g., ...
— This paper presents the prototype of an expert peering system for information exchange in the knowledge society. Our system realizes an intelligent, real-time search engine for...
Christian Bauckhage, Tansu Alpcan, Sachin Agarwal,...
Traditionally, when one wants to learn about a particular topic, one reads a book or a survey paper. With the rapid expansion of the Web, learning in-depth knowledge about a topic...
Cloud computing has become a hot topic in the IT industry. Great efforts have been made to establish cloud computing platforms for enterprise users, mostly small businesses. Howe...