We describe the WebCLEF 2008 task. Similarly to the 2007 edition of WebCLEF, the 2008 edition implements a multilingual "information synthesis" task, where, for a given t...
The TREC 2004 Question Answering track contained a single task in which question series were used to define a set of targets. Each series contained factoid and list questions and ...
Background: Advances in DNA microarray technology portend that molecular signatures from which microarray will eventually be used in clinical environments and personalized medicin...
Zhenqiang Su, Huixiao Hong, Hong Fang, Leming M. S...
Background: There are a number of different methods for generation of trees and algorithms for phylogenetic analysis in the study of bacterial taxonomy. Genotypic information, suc...
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