An open problem for Distributed Information Retrieval systems (DIR) is how to represent large document repositories, also known as resources, both accurately and efficiently. Obt...
Many information systems (IS) studies portray use as an indicator of system success. However, “simply saying that more use will yield more benefits without considering the natur...
Abstract. Weighting models use lexical statistics, such as term frequencies, to derive term weights, which are used to estimate the relevance of a document to a query. Apart from t...
Abstract--If we are to deploy sensor applications in a realistic business context, we must provide innovative middleware services to control and enforce required system behavior; i...
Information Systems (IS) have a major impact on human activities. They are not only "objects or products" because they directly concern our access to knowledge, our possi...