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VLDB
1990
ACM
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A Probabilistic Framework for Vague Queries and Imprecise Information in Databases
A probabilistic learning model for vague queries and missing or imprecise information in databases is described. Instead of retrieving only a set of answers, our approach yields a...
Norbert Fuhr
HIM
1997
Springer
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Incremental Processing of Vague Queries in Interactive Retrieval Systems
The application of information retrieval techniques in interactive environments requires systems capable of efficiently processing vague queries. To reach reasonable response tim...
Ulrich Pfeifer, Stefan Pennekamp
CAISE
2005
Springer
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Estimating Recall and Precision for Vague Queries in Databases
In vague queries, a user enters a value that represents some real world object and expects as the result the set of database values that represent this real world object even with ...
Raquel Kolitski Stasiu, Carlos A. Heuser, Roberto ...