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EDBT
2010
ACM
185views Database» more  EDBT 2010»
13 years 11 months ago
Probabilistic threshold k nearest neighbor queries over moving objects in symbolic indoor space
The availability of indoor positioning renders it possible to deploy location-based services in indoor spaces. Many such services will benefit from the efficient support for k n...
Bin Yang 0002, Hua Lu, Christian S. Jensen
SIGMOD
2009
ACM
189views Database» more  SIGMOD 2009»
14 years 9 months ago
Generic and effective semi-structured keyword search
Current semi-structured keyword search and natural language query processing systems use ad hoc approaches to take advantage of structural information. Although intuitive, they ar...
Arash Termehchy, Marianne Winslett
CORR
2010
Springer
141views Education» more  CORR 2010»
13 years 9 months ago
A database approach to information retrieval: The remarkable relationship between language models and region models
In this report, we unify two quite distinct approaches to information retrieval: region models and language models. Region models were developed for structured document retrieval....
Djoerd Hiemstra, Vojkan Mihajlovic
EDBT
2010
ACM
132views Database» more  EDBT 2010»
14 years 10 days ago
Turbo-charging hidden database samplers with overflowing queries and skew reduction
Recently, there has been growing interest in random sampling from online hidden databases. These databases reside behind form-like web interfaces which allow users to execute sear...
Arjun Dasgupta, Nan Zhang 0004, Gautam Das
SIGMOD
2011
ACM
234views Database» more  SIGMOD 2011»
12 years 11 months ago
Ranking with uncertain scoring functions: semantics and sensitivity measures
Ranking queries report the top-K results according to a user-defined scoring function. A widely used scoring function is the weighted summation of multiple scores. Often times, u...
Mohamed A. Soliman, Ihab F. Ilyas, Davide Martinen...