Abstract. With the current method of query formation, a Question Answering system retrieves a set of documents that are similar to a question, while what is mostly required is a se...
Abstract. The processing steps required for geographic information retrieval include many steps that are common to all forms of information retrieval, e.g. stopword filtering, ste...
Abstract. Focusing is traditionally seen as a means of reducing inessential nondeterminism in backward-reasoning strategies such as uniform proof-search or tableaux systems. In thi...
Abstract. In human societies, facts are constructed through social consensus. Here, the formation of social institutions in such a society is studied using a multi-agent-based simu...
Queries on software artifacts play an important role in novel software development approaches, such as Aspect-Oriented Software Development and OMG's Model Driven Architecture...