The question whether a given set of views, defined by queries, can be used to answer another query, arises in several contexts such as query optimization, data integration and se...
In this article we focus on the presentation of the inner structure of the database for the Content-Based Image Retrieval (CBIR) system containing house images. The part devoted t...
Querying document-centric XML collections with structure conditions improves retrieval precisions. The structures of such XML collections, however, are often too complex for users...
Is there a way for an algorithm linked to an unknown body to infer by itself information about this body and the world it is in? Taking the case of space for example, is there a w...
David Philipona, J. K. O'Regan, Jean-Pierre Nadal,...
In textual knowledge management, statistical methods prevail. Nonetheless, some difficulties cannot be overcome by these methodologies. I propose a symbolic approach using a comp...