Abstract. Currently, many kinds of information agents for di erent purposes exist. However, agents from di erent systems are still unable to cooperate, even if they accurately foll...
The concept of thumbnails is common in image representation. A thumbnail is a highly compressed version of an image that provides a small, yet complete visual representation to th...
Arijit Sengupta, Mehmet M. Dalkilic, James C. Cost...
Optimising the parameters of ranking functions with respect to standard IR rank-dependent cost functions has eluded satisfactory analytical treatment. We build on recent advances ...
Michael J. Taylor, Hugo Zaragoza, Nick Craswell, S...
We propose an algorithm for the hierarchical aggregation of observations in dissemination-based, distributed traffic information systems. Instead of transmitting observed paramete...
The paper elaborates upon the interim results achieved in resolving a few newly discovered 16th century letters now alleged to be written by Queen Mary of Scots (QMS). Despite the...