This paper presents an approach to automatically optimize the retrieval quality of ranking functions. Taking a Swarm Intelligence perspective, we present a novel method, SwarmRank...
Ernesto Diaz-Aviles, Wolfgang Nejdl, Lars Schmidt-...
Abstract. The general photographic ad-hoc retrieval task of the ImageCLEF 2007 evaluation campaign is described. This task provides both the resources and the framework necessary t...
Michael Grubinger, Paul Clough, Allan Hanbury, Hen...
Most information retrieval (IR) interfaces are designed for a single user working with a dedicated interface. We present a system in which the IR interface has been fully integrat...
Alan F. Blackwell, Mark Stringer, Eleanor F. Toye,...
In the last years Blog Search has been a new exciting task in Information Retrieval. The presence of user generated information with valuable opinions makes this field of huge in...
Continuous Queries (CQ) help users to retrieve results as soon as they become available. The CQ keeps track of two important events. If there is any change in the source informatio...