This thesis presents new methods for classification and thematic grouping of billions of web
pages, at scales previously not achievable. This process is also known as document …

Application of demand-side management (DSM) plays today an important role in energy
management both in industrial and residential domain. This paper proposes a generic …

In this paper we present a new personalized approach that integrates a social profile in
distributed search system. The proposed approach exploits the social profile and the …

With the wide adoption of cloud computing, the scientific applications are migrated to cloud
for execution. The complex structure of scientific applications bring challenges to …

This paper presents one approach to solve server selection problem during search in
distributed library systems. Information retrieval systems are aimed at providing …

Federated search allows the simultaneous searching of multiple information sources. It is
highly useful in the hidden web environment, which consists of documents that are difficult to …

In this work, we address information retrieval evaluation and the methods and metrics used
for such evaluations. We consider the relative lack of understanding in this area to be the …

In this paper, we propose a database selection method for cherry blossom movie databases
constructed on the assumption that large amounts of movie data on different observation …