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CIKM
2009
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Combining labeled and unlabeled data with word-class distribution learning
We describe a novel simple and highly scalable semi-supervised method called Word-Class Distribution Learning (WCDL), and apply it the task of information extraction (IE) by utili...
Yanjun Qi, Ronan Collobert, Pavel Kuksa, Koray Kav...
CIKM
2009
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Dynamic in-page logging for flash-aware B-tree index
This paper presents Dynamic IPL B+ -tree (d-IPL in short) as a B+ -tree index variant for flash-based storage systems. The d-IPL B+ -tree adopts a dynamic In-Page Logging (IPL) s...
Gap-Joo Na, Sang-Won Lee, Bongki Moon
CIKM
2009
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Reducing the risk of query expansion via robust constrained optimization
We introduce a new theoretical derivation, evaluation methods, and extensive empirical analysis for an automatic query expansion framework in which model estimation is cast as a r...
Kevyn Collins-Thompson
CIKM
2009
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Generating synopses for document-element search
Scientists often search for document-elements like tables, figures, or algorithm pseudo-codes. Domain scientists and researchers report important data, results and algorithms usi...
Sumit Bhatia, Shibamouli Lahiri, Prasenjit Mitra
CIKM
2009
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Efficient record-level wrapper induction
Shuyi Zheng, Ruihua Song, Ji-Rong Wen, C. Lee Gile...
CIKM
2009
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
ASIC: algebra-based structural index comparison
Structural indices play a significant role in improving the efficiency of XML query evaluation. Being able to compare various structural indexing techniques is critical for a DBM...
Yuqing Wu, Sofia Brenes, Tejas Totade, Shijin Josh...
CIKM
2009
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Completing wikipedia's hyperlink structure through dimensionality reduction
Wikipedia is the largest monolithic repository of human knowledge. In addition to its sheer size, it represents a new encyclopedic paradigm by interconnecting articles through hyp...
Robert West, Doina Precup, Joelle Pineau
CIKM
2009
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Feature selection for ranking using boosted trees
Modern search engines have to be fast to satisfy users, so there are hard back-end latency requirements. The set of features useful for search ranking functions, though, continues...
Feng Pan, Tim Converse, David Ahn, Franco Salvetti...
CIKM
2009
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Adaptive relevance feedback in information retrieval
Relevance Feedback has proven very effective for improving retrieval accuracy. A difficult yet important problem in all relevance feedback methods is how to optimally balance the...
Yuanhua Lv, ChengXiang Zhai
CIKM
2009
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Utilizing inter-passage and inter-document similarities for re-ranking search results
We present a novel language-model-based approach to reranking an initially retrieved list so as to improve precision at top ranks. Our model integrates whole-document information ...
Eyal Krikon, Oren Kurland, Michael Bendersky