Query abandonment by search engine users is generally considered to be a negative signal. In this paper, we explore the concept of good abandonment. We define a good abandonment ...
Abstract. To retrieve pictograms having semantically ambiguous interpretations, we propose a semantic relevance measure which uses pictogram interpretation words collected from a w...
ThefieldofContent-BasedVisualInformationRetrieval(CBVIR)hasexperiencedtremendousgrowth in the recent years and many research groups are currently working on solutions to the proble...
We present a novel approach to fusing document lists that are retrieved in response to a query. Our approach is based on utilizing information induced from inter-document similarit...
Searchers can have problems devising queries that accurately express their, often dynamic, information needs. In this paper we describe an adaptive approach that uses unobtrusive ...