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GIR
2006
ACM
16 years 11 days ago
Towards Fuzzy Spatial Reasoning in Geographic IR Systems
Vague spatial information such as “x is located at walking distance of y” is abundant on the web. In this contribution, we propose a framework to represent such spatial inform...
Steven Schockaert, Martine De Cock, Etienne E. Ker...
KES
2008
Springer
15 years 6 months ago
Information Coordination Using Meta-agents in Information Logistics Processes
In order to coordinate and deliver information in the right time and to the right place, theories from multi-agent systems and information logistics are combined. We use agents to ...
Mats Apelkrans, Anne Håkansson
ECSQARU
2007
Springer
15 years 10 months ago
Information Affinity: A New Similarity Measure for Possibilistic Uncertain Information
Abstract. This paper addresses the issue of measuring similarity between pieces of uncertain information in the framework of possibility theory. In a first part, natural properties...
Ilyes Jenhani, Nahla Ben Amor, Zied Elouedi, Salem...
WIKIS
2009
ACM
16 years 27 days ago
Herding the cats: the influence of groups in coordinating peer production
Peer production systems rely on users to self-select appropriate tasks and “scratch their personal itch”. However, many such systems require significant maintenance work, whic...
Aniket Kittur, Bryan A. Pendleton, Robert E. Kraut
SEMWEB
2007
Springer
16 years 15 days ago
Vocabulary Patterns in Free-for-all Collaborative Indexing Systems
In collaborative indexing systems users generate a big amount of metadata by labelling web-based content. These labels are known as tags and form a shared vocabulary. In order to u...
Wolfgang Maass, Tobias Kowatsch, Timo Münster