We propose a novel approach to find aliases of a given name from the web. We exploit a set of known names and their aliases as training data and extract lexical patterns that conv...
All information exchange on the Internet ? whether through full text, controlled vocabularies, ontologies, or other mechanisms ? ultimately requires that that an information provi...
In the sponsored search model, search engines are paid by businesses that are interested in displaying ads for their site alongside the search results. Businesses bid for keywords...
Faceted search is becoming a popular method to allow users to interactively search and navigate complex information spaces. A faceted search system presents users with keyvalue me...
Investigating whether one can view Web searching as a learning process, we examined the searching characteristics of 41 participants engaged in 246 searching tasks. We classified ...
Bernard J. Jansen, Brian Keith Smith, Danielle L. ...