Unified utility maximization framework for resource selection

International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 32-41

  Si, Luo ^a   Callan, Jamie ^a  

^a Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed information retrieval; Resource selection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; SEARCH ENGINES; WEB BROWSERS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

DISTRIBUTED INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; GUIDED BROWSING; RESOURCE SELECTION; WEB CONTENTS;

INFORMATION RETRIEVAL;

EID: 18744392825     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1031171.1031180     Document Type: Conference Paper

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