: We consider a game played between a hider, who hides a static object in one of several possible positions in a bounded planar region, and a searcher who wishes to reach the objec...
Searchers have a choice about which Web search engine they use when looking for information online. If they are unsuccessful on one engine, users may switch to a different engine ...
Abstract. Collaborative Web Search (CWS) proposes a case-based approach to personalizing search results for the needs of a community of like-minded searchers. The search activities...
Almost all system and application design for multimedia systems is based around a single user working in isolation to perform some task yet much of the work for which we use comput...
Alan F. Smeaton, Hyowon Lee, Colum Foley, Sin&eacu...
Abstract. Anyone offering content in a digital library is naturally interested in assessing its performance: how well does my system meet the users' information needs? Standar...