An ever increasing amount of valuable information is stored in Web databases, "hidden" behind search interfaces. To save the user's effort in manually exploring eac...
Online advertising is a rapidly growing, multi-billion dollar industry. It has become a significant element of the Web browsing experience. Ad platforms used for ad selection use ...
In a ubiquitous computing environment, it is desirable to provide a user with information depending on a user's situation, such as time, location, user behavior, and social c...
—Providing data as a service has not only fostered the access to data from anywhere at anytime but also reduced the cost of investment. However, data is often associated with var...
Abstract. The Web provides us with a vast resource for business intelligence. However, the large size of the Web and its dynamic nature make the task of foraging appropriate inform...