We examine the problem of retrieving the top-m ranked items from a large collection, randomly distributed across an n-node system. In order to retrieve the top m overall, we must ...
Previous approaches in query processing do not consider queries to automatically combine results obtained from different information sources, i.e. they do not support information...
Modern digital libraries require user-friendly and yet responsive access to the rapidly growing, heterogeneous, and distributed collection of information sources. However, the inc...
A Grid Information Service (GIS) stores information about the resources of a distributed computing environment and answers questions about it. We are developing RGIS, a GIS system...
The gap between the user's information need and query is expanding due to the pervasiveness of Web search. Multimedia question answering is restricted by disjoint infrastruct...