Tools for generating test queries for databases do not explicitly take into account the actual data in the database. As a consequence, such tools cannot guarantee suitable coverag...
Query performance predictors are commonly evaluated by reporting correlation coefficients to denote how well the methods perform at predicting the retrieval performance of a set of...
Query expansion is an effective technique to improve the performance of information retrieval systems. Although hand-crafted lexical resources, such as WordNet, could provide more...
As information becomes available in increasing amounts to a wide spectrum of users, the need for a shift towards a more user-centered information access paradigm arises. We develo...
BPQL is a novel query language for querying business process specifications, introduced recently in [5, 6]. It is based on an intuitive business processes as rewriting systems, an...