Frequently a user's information needs are stored in the databases of multiple search
engines. It is inconvenient and inefficient for an ordinary user to invoke multiple search …

These days the technique of data fusion has been used extensively in many different
application areas and information retrieval is one of them. As early as 1980's, researchers …

The required information of users is distributed in the databases of various search engines. It
is inconvenient and inefficient for an ordinary user to invoke multiple search engines and …

ABSTRACT A metasearch engine is a system that supports unified access to multiple local
search engines. Database selection is one of the main challenges in building a large-scale …

The proliferation of online information resources increases the importance of effective and
efficient information retrieval in a multicollection environment. Multicollection searching is …

Given a large number of search engines on the Internet, it is difficult for a person to
determine which search engines could serve his/her information needs. A common solution …

This paper presents a methodology for finding the n most similar documents across multiple
text databases for any given query and for any positive integer n. This methodology consists …

Linkages among documents have a significant impact on the importance of documents, as it
can be argued that important documents are pointed to by many documents or by other …

A metasearch engine is a system that supports unified access to multiple local search
engines. Database selection is one of the main challenges in building a large-scale …

AllInOneNews is the largest news metasearch engine in the world, connecting to over 1,000
news sites over 150 countries. Implementing a large-scale metasearch engine like …