We conduct large-scale search engine relevance experiments, using the 12% of queries that contain placenames, matching the placenames to places in the documents, and examining the...
Most existing information retrieval (IR) systems do not take much advantage of natural language processing (NLP) techniques due to the complexity and limited observed effectivenes...
It is widely believed that some queries submitted to search engines are by nature ambiguous (e.g., java, apple). However, few studies have investigated the questions of "how ...
Looking for source code on the Web is a common practice among software developers. Previous research has shown that developers use social cues over technical cues to evaluate sour...
Rosalva E. Gallardo-Valencia, Phitchayaphong Tanti...
Web image search is difficult in part because a handful of keywords are generally insufficient for characterizing the visual properties of an image. Popular engines have begun to ...
James Fogarty, Desney S. Tan, Ashish Kapoor, Simon...