The inclusion of document length factors has been a major topic in the development of retrieval models. We believe that current models can be further improved by more refined est...
This paper proposes simple techniques for handling place references in search engine queries, an important aspect of geographical information retrieval. We address not only the de...
Query expansion is a well-known technique that has been shown to improve average retrieval performance. This technique has not been used in many operational systems because of the...
Abstract. The needs of efficient and flexible information retrieval on multistructural data stored in database and network are significantly growing. Especially, its flexibility pl...
Developing effective and efficient retrieval techniques for multimedia data is a challenging issue in building a digital library. Unlike most previously proposed retrieval approac...