Previous research on cluster-based retrieval has been inconclusive as to whether it does bring improved retrieval effectiveness over document-based retrieval. Recent developments ...
The explosive growth of the web is at the basis of the great interest into web usage mining techniques in both commercial and research areas. In this paper, a web personalization ...
Massimiliano Albanese, Antonio Picariello, Carlo S...
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...
Extreme Programming (XP) is an agile software development methodology composed of several practices that purportedly yield high quality and high customer satisfaction. However, th...
In this paper we present the experiences of usage of Viras, a collaborative virtual environment for social awareness support in educational settings. Collaborative Virtual environ...