Abstract-- Inverted files have been very successful for document retrieval, but sponsored search is different. Inverted files are designed to find documents that match the query (a...
An expert finding system allows a user to type a simple text query and retrieve names and contact information of individuals that possess the expertise expressed in the query. Thi...
— In this paper we present a novel cost benefit operator that assists multi level genetic algorithm searches. Through the use of the cost benefit operator, it is possible to dyna...
George G. Mitchell, Barry McMullin, James Decraene
Peer-to-peer (P2P) systems have become a popular platform for sharing and exchanging voluminous information among thousands or even millions of users. The massive amount of inform...
Mei Li, Wang-Chien Lee, Anand Sivasubramaniam, Jin...
This study reports the findings of a usability test conducted to examine users' interaction with two different learning object metadata-driven search result interfaces. The f...