An increasing number of databases are becoming Web accessible through form-based search interfaces, and many of these sources are database-driven E-commerce sites. It is a daunting...
In this paper, we present a method of semantic knowledge building for image database by extracting semantic meanings from Web page contents. The novelty of our method is that it i...
Yung-Kwang Lai, Song Liu, Liang-Tien Chia, Syin Ch...
We study the usefulness of intermediate semantic concepts in bridging the semantic gap in automatic video retrieval. The results of a series of large-scale retrieval experiments, w...
We investigate the use of probabilistic models and cost-benefit analyses to guide the operation of a Web-based question-answering system. We first provide an overview of research ...
David Azari, Eric Horvitz, Susan T. Dumais, Eric B...
through suitable abstractions and tools is a viable option for improving servicebased computations. T he past few years have witnessed end users' increasing involve ment in th...