Similarity retrieval mechanisms should utilize generalized quadratic form distance functions as well as the Euclidean distance function since ellipsoid queries parameters may vary...
—As databases increasingly integrate different types of information such as multimedia, spatial, time-series, and scientific data, it becomes necessary to support efficient retri...
The discipline of narratology has long recognized the need to classify documents as instances of different text types. We have discovered that classification is as applicable to h...
A number of recent technological trends have made data intensive applications such as continuous media (audio and video) servers a reality. These servers store and retrieve a larg...
The structures of space and time are identified as essential for the realization of cognitive systems. It is suggested that the omnipresence of space and time may have been respons...