Combining the output from multiple retrieval sources over the same document collection is of great importance to a number of retrieval tasks such as multimedia retrieval, web retr...
In this paper, we present a novel solution of image segmentation based on positiveness by regarding the segmentation as one of the graph-theoretic clustering problems. On the cont...
This paper presents a novel and complementary technique to optimize an XPath query by minimizing its wildcard steps. Our approach is based on using a general composite axis called...
We describe the Java runtime parallelizing machine (Jrpm), a complete system for parallelizing sequential programs automatically. Jrpm is based on a chip multiprocessor (CMP) with...
A central issue in logical concept induction is the prospect of inconsistency. This problem may arise due to noise in the training data, or because the target concept does not fit...