Documents often display a structure, e.g., several sections, each with several subsections and so on. Taking into account the structure of a document allows the retrieval process ...
Classical retrieval models support content-oriented searching for documents using a set of words as data model. However, in hypertext and database applications we want to consider...
The project DIANE is an EU-funded project in the ACTS Program and started in September 1995. The goal of DIANE is to establish a service, which enables an user to annotate anythin...
The application of information retrieval techniques in interactive environments requires systems capable of efficiently processing vague queries. To reach reasonable response tim...
Multimedia information systems are based on the evolving capability of computers to handle diverse types of information. Their most important characteristic is the integration of ...