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SIGMOD
2007
ACM
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16 years 6 months ago
A random walk approach to sampling hidden databases
A large part of the data on the World Wide Web is hidden behind form-like interfaces. These interfaces interact with a hidden backend database to provide answers to user queries. ...
Arjun Dasgupta, Gautam Das, Heikki Mannila
MODELS
2007
Springer
16 years 20 days ago
GrTP: Transformation Based Graphical Tool Building Platform
In this paper we introduce a novel wide-profile graphical tool-building platform GrTP which is based on the principle of separating semantic domain model processing and user inter...
Janis Barzdins, Andris Zarins, Karlis Cerans, Audr...
CHI
2008
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Crowdsourcing user studies with Mechanical Turk
User studies are important for many aspects of the design process and involve techniques ranging from informal surveys to rigorous laboratory studies. However, the costs involved ...
Aniket Kittur, Ed H. Chi, Bongwon Suh
AVI
2004
15 years 8 months ago
How users interact with biodiversity information using TaxonTree
Biodiversity databases have recently become widely available to the public and to other researchers. To retrieve information from these resources, users must understand the underl...
Bongshin Lee, Cynthia Sims Parr, Dana Campbell, Be...
CHI
2005
ACM
16 years 7 months ago
Snap-and-go: helping users align objects without the modality of traditional snapping
Snapping is a widely used technique that helps users position graphical objects precisely, e.g., to align them with a grid or other graphical objects. Unfortunately, whenever user...
Patrick Baudisch, Edward Cutrell, Ken Hinckley, Ad...