In this paper, we present a novel image representation that renders it possible to access natural scenes by local semantic description. Our work is motivated by the continuing effo...
Position and orientation information of individual nodes in ad hoc networks is useful for both service and application implementation. Services that can be enabled by availability...
In this paper we propose an integrated knowledge management system in which terminology-based knowledge acquisition, knowledge integration, and XML-based knowledge retrieval are c...
Traditionally, the classes in thematic maps have been treated as crisp sets, using classical set theory. In this formulation, map classes are assumed to be mutually exclusive and e...
The paper reviews the TREC Programme up to TREC-6 (1997), considering the test results, the substantive findings for IR that follow, and the lessons TREC offers for IR evaluation....