The need for Natural Language Interfaces to databases (NLIs) has become increasingly acute as more and more people access information through their web browsers, PDAs, and cell ph...
The optimal settings of retrieval parameters often depend on both the document collection and the query, and are usually found through empirical tuning. In this paper, we propose ...
Abstract. Even though SQL has become widely accepted as a language for implementing relational database schemas and querying data, there are cases where s experience the need for n...
SLAng is an XML language for defining service level agreements, the part of a contract between the client and provider of an Internet service that describes the quality attributes...
Abstract. Generic Programming deals with the construction of programs that can be applied to many dierent datatypes. This is achieved by parameterizing the generic programs by the...