Previous research has taught us that the typical nonprofessional information seeker on the World Wide Web submits very short queries resulting in low-precision results. We show th...
We present a method for testing subject’s performance in a realistic (end-to-end) information understanding task— rapid understanding of large document collections—and discu...
It is becoming more and more evident that the major hindrance to the proliferation and adoption of the MDA vision in the large is the current lack of tool support. Parallax, based...
With the increasing use of real-time multimedia applications over IP networks, efficient use of resources, especially in wireless networks, is becoming a necessity. In order to ha...
Information systems now form the backbone of nearly every government and private system. Increasingly these systems are networked together allowing for distributed operations, sha...
Frederick T. Sheldon, Stephen Gordon Batsell, Stac...
Communities (especially virtual communities) of Interest have been the focus of substantial discussion in academic literature. This paper addresses Communities of Interest within ...
Data persistency is a fundamental, but complex aspect of a modern software development process. Therefore, in order to reduce development costs and improve a system’s quality, s...
Gernot Schmoelzer, Stefan Mitterdorfer, Christian ...
This paper explores the role of Information Technology (IT) in the management of municipally-owned and operated public utilities. Through semi-structured interviews of senior mana...