Similarity calculations and document ranking form the computationally expensive parts of query processing in ranking-based text retrieval. In this work, for these calculations, 11...
A contemporary approach to describing and theorizing about joint human endeavor is to posit `knowledge in common' as a basis for awareness and coordination. Recent analysis h...
John M. Carroll, Mary Beth Rosson, Gregorio Conver...
We propose a novel interpretation of natural-language questions using a modal predicate logic of knowledge. Our approach brings standard model-theoretic and proof-theoretic techniq...
An important aim in the design of the Timor programming language is to provide programmers with features which enable them to build complex systems from components which can be de...
James Leslie Keedy, Klaus Espenlaub, Christian Hei...
This work reports on the findings of a field study examining the current use practices of large ambient information displays in public settings. Such displays are often assumed to ...