We consider experiments to measure the quality of a web search algorithm based on how much total time users take to complete assigned search tasks using that algorithm. We first ...
In this paper we discuss the architecture of a tool designed to help users develop vertical search engines in different domains and different languages. The design of the tool is ...
Michael Chau, Jialun Qin, Yilu Zhou, Chunju Tseng,...
The yellow pagesservice of GTE SuperPages enables Web users to flexibly search through liitings of 11 million businessesin over 17000 categories. To achievethe flexibility desired...
Steven D. Whitehead, Himanshu Sinha, Michael Murph...
The paper presents an ontology-based approach to service discovery, apt to support flexible and efficient matchmaking between service descriptions. We propose a hybrid approach th...
Devis Bianchini, Valeria De Antonellis, Michele Me...
Most present day search engines have a deterministic behavior in the sense that they return the same search results for all users who submit the same query at a certain time. They...
Kapil Goenka, Ismailcem Budak Arpinar, Mustafa Nur...