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A taxonomy of web search

by Andrei Broder - SIGIR FORUM , 2002
"... Classic IR (information retrieval) is inherently predicated on users searching for information, the socalled "information need". But the need behind a web search is often not informational -- it might be navigational (give me the url of the site I want to reach) or transactional (show me s ..."
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sites where I can perform a certain transaction, e.g. shop, download a file, or find a map). We explore this taxonomy of web searches and discuss how global search engines evolved to deal with web-specific needs.

Costly search and mutual fund flows

by Erik R. Sirri, Peter Tufano - Journal of Finance , 1998
"... This paper studies the flows of funds into and out of equity mutual funds. Consumers base their fund purchase decisions on prior performance information, but do so asymmetrically, investing disproportionately more in funds that performed very well the prior period. Search costs seem to be an importa ..."
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This paper studies the flows of funds into and out of equity mutual funds. Consumers base their fund purchase decisions on prior performance information, but do so asymmetrically, investing disproportionately more in funds that performed very well the prior period. Search costs seem

Efficient similarity search in sequence databases

by Rakesh Agrawal, Christos Faloutsos, Arun Swami , 1994
"... We propose an indexing method for time sequences for processing similarity queries. We use the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) to map time sequences to the frequency domain, the crucial observation being that, for most sequences of practical interest, only the first few frequencies are strong. Anot ..."
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the sequences and e ciently answer similarity queries. We provide experimental results which show that our method is superior to search based on sequential scanning. Our experiments show that a few coefficients (1-3) are adequate to provide good performance. The performance gain of our method increases

Similarity search in high dimensions via hashing

by Aristides Gionis, Piotr Indyk, Rajeev Motwani , 1999
"... The nearest- or near-neighbor query problems arise in a large variety of database applications, usually in the context of similarity searching. Of late, there has been increasing interest in building search/index structures for performing similarity search over high-dimensional data, e.g., image dat ..."
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The nearest- or near-neighbor query problems arise in a large variety of database applications, usually in the context of similarity searching. Of late, there has been increasing interest in building search/index structures for performing similarity search over high-dimensional data, e.g., image

Search and replication in unstructured peer-to-peer networks

by Qin Lv, Pei Cao, Edith Cohen, Kai Li, Scott Shenker , 2002
"... Abstract Decentralized and unstructured peer-to-peer networks such as Gnutella are attractive for certain applicationsbecause they require no centralized directories and no precise control over network topologies and data placement. However, the flooding-based query algorithm used in Gnutella does n ..."
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propose a query algorithm based on multiple random walks that resolves queries almost as quickly as gnutella's flooding method while reducing the network traffic by two orders of mag-nitude in many cases. We also present a distributed replication strategy that yields close-to-optimal performance

R-trees: A Dynamic Index Structure for Spatial Searching

by Antonin Guttman - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGEMENT OF DATA , 1984
"... In order to handle spatial data efficiently, as required in computer aided design and geo-data applications, a database system needs an index mechanism that will help it retrieve data items quickly according to their spatial locations However, traditional indexing methods are not well suited to data ..."
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to data objects of non-zero size located m multi-dimensional spaces In this paper we describe a dynamic index structure called an R-tree which meets this need, and give algorithms for searching and updating it. We present the results of a series of tests which indicate that the structure performs well

The FF planning system: Fast plan generation through heuristic search

by Jörg Hoffmann, Bernhard Nebel - Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research , 2001
"... We describe and evaluate the algorithmic techniques that are used in the FF planning system. Like the HSP system, FF relies on forward state space search, using a heuristic that estimates goal distances by ignoring delete lists. Unlike HSP's heuristic, our method does not assume facts to be ind ..."
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We describe and evaluate the algorithmic techniques that are used in the FF planning system. Like the HSP system, FF relies on forward state space search, using a heuristic that estimates goal distances by ignoring delete lists. Unlike HSP's heuristic, our method does not assume facts

M-tree: An Efficient Access Method for Similarity Search in Metric Spaces

by Paolo Ciaccia, Marco Patella, Pavel Zezula , 1997
"... A new access meth d, called M-tree, is proposed to organize and search large data sets from a generic "metric space", i.e. whE4 object proximity is only defined by a distance function satisfyingth positivity, symmetry, and triangle inequality postulates. We detail algorith[ for insertion o ..."
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A new access meth d, called M-tree, is proposed to organize and search large data sets from a generic "metric space", i.e. whE4 object proximity is only defined by a distance function satisfyingth positivity, symmetry, and triangle inequality postulates. We detail algorith[ for insertion

Controlled and automatic human information processing: II. Perceptual learning, automatic attending and a general theory

by Richard M. Shiffrin, Walter Schneider - Psychological Review , 1977
"... The two-process theory of detection, search, and attention presented by Schneider and Shiffrin is tested and extended in a series of experiments. The studies demonstrate the qualitative difference between two modes of information processing: automatic detection and controlled search. They trace the ..."
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of categories is shown to improve controlled search performance. A general framework for human information processing is proposed; the framework emphasizes the roles of automatic and controlled processing. The theory is compared to and contrasted with extant models of search and attention.

Combination of Multiple Searches

by Joseph A. Shaw, Edward A. Fox - THE SECOND TEXT RETRIEVAL CONFERENCE (TREC-2 , 1994
"... The TREC-3 project at Virginia Tech focused on methods for combining the evidence from multiple retrieval runs and queries to improve retrieval performance over any single retrieval method or query. The largest improvements result from the combination of retrieval paradigms rather than from the use ..."
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The TREC-3 project at Virginia Tech focused on methods for combining the evidence from multiple retrieval runs and queries to improve retrieval performance over any single retrieval method or query. The largest improvements result from the combination of retrieval paradigms rather than from the use
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