Distributions of the senses of words are often highly skewed. This fact is exploited by word sense disambiguation (WSD) systems which back off to the predominant (most frequent) s...
Multi-organizational EDI message networks are complicated communication environments with various standards and technologies. The role of third party message exchange hubs has bec...
Many valuable text databases on the web have non-crawlable contents that are "hidden" behind search interfaces. Metasearchers are helpful tools for searching over multip...
Many current effectiveness measures incorporate simplifying assumptions about user behavior. These assumptions prevent the measures from reflecting aspects of the search process...
: The use of Open-Learner Modelling (OLM) within Intelligent Learning Environments is becoming more common. By allowing learners a greater control over their learning experience, O...