Domain specific information retrieval has become in demand. Not only domain experts, but also average non-expert users are interested in searching domain specific (e.g., medical a...
Most of the research inthe area of expert finding focuses on creating and maintaining centralized directories of experts' profiles, which users can search on demand. However, ...
The huge amount of data available from Internet information sources has focused much attention on the sharing of distributed information through Peer Data Management Systems (PDMS...
XML is a flexible and powerful tool that enables information and security sharing in heterogeneous environments. Scalable technologies are needed to effectively manage the growing...
Rebecca Cathey, Steven M. Beitzel, Eric C. Jensen,...
Today’s web is so huge and diverse that it arguably reflects the real world. For this reason, searching the web is a promising approach to find things in the real world. This ...