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ECIR
2009
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Mean-Variance Analysis: A New Document Ranking Theory in Information Retrieval
Abstract. This paper concerns document ranking in information retrieval. In information retrieval systems, the widely accepted probability ranking principle (PRP) suggests that, fo...
Jun Wang
DASFAA
2009
IEEE
252views Database» more  DASFAA 2009»
14 years 4 months ago
Optimal Privacy-Aware Path in Hippocratic Databases
Abstract. Privacy becomes a major concern for both customers and enterprises in today’s corporate marketing strategies, many research efforts have been put into developing new p...
Min Li, Xiaoxun Sun, Hua Wang, Yanchun Zhang
ICRA
2008
IEEE
182views Robotics» more  ICRA 2008»
14 years 4 months ago
A body joint improves vertical to horizontal transitions of a wall-climbing robot
— Several recently-designed robots are able to scale steep surfaces using animal-inspired strategies for foot attachment and leg kinematics. These designs could be valuable for r...
Kathryn A. Daltorio, Timothy C. Witushynsky, Grego...
BTW
2007
Springer
154views Database» more  BTW 2007»
14 years 3 months ago
Integrating Query-Feedback Based Statistics into Informix Dynamic Server
: Statistics that accurately describe the distribution of data values in the columns of relational tables are essential for effective query optimization in a database management sy...
Alexander Behm, Volker Markl, Peter J. Haas, Kesha...
IFIP
2007
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Capable Leader and Skilled and Motivated Team Practices to Introduce eXtreme Programming
Abstract. Applying changes to software engineering processes in organisations usually raises many problems of varying nature. Basing on a real-world 2-year project and a simultaneo...
Lech Madeyski, Wojciech Biela