In this paper, we study novel Tree + IDREF data model for keyword search in XML. In this model, we propose novel Lowest Referred Ancestor (LRA) pair, Extended LRA (ELRA) pair and E...
There has recently been increasing interest in group decision making, and in particular the mechanisms through which a group of individuals can arrive at a consensus decision. In t...
?Past R-tree studies have focused on the number of nodes visited as a metric of query performance. Since database systems usually include a buffering mechanism, we propose that the...
In this paper we generalize the LARS feature selection method to the linear SVM model, derive an efficient algorithm for it, and empirically demonstrate its usefulness as a featur...
Query-by-example is the most popular query model for today’s image retrieval systems. A typical query image contains not only relevant objects (e.g., Eiffel Tower), but also ir...