Distributed information retrieval: A multi-objective resource selection approach

International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowldege-Based Systems

Volumn 11, Issue SUPPL., 2003, Pages 83-99

  Wu, Shengli ^a   Crestani, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Information retrieval; Multi objective models; Resource selection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DIGITAL LIBRARIES;

DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MULTI-OBJECTIVE MODEL; MULTI-OBJECTIVE RESOURCE SELECTION APPROACH;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 0242593254     PISSN: 02184885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218488503002284     Document Type: Article

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