A large-scale distributed framework for information retrieval in large dynamic search spaces

Applied Intelligence

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 375-398

  Santos Jr , Eugene ^a   Santos, Eunice E ^b   Nguyen, Hien ^c   Pan, Long ^d   Korah, John ^b  

^a DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^d State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Content analysis and indexing; Distributed processing; Dynamic anytime processing; Information search and retrieval; Multi agent architecture

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; INDEXING (MATERIALS WORKING); INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

CONTENT ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTED FRAMEWORK; DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING; DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING FRAMEWORKS; INFORMATION SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL; MULTIAGENT ARCHITECTURE; THEORETICAL PERFORMANCE; TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 85027928985     PISSN: 0924669X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10489-010-0229-0     Document Type: Article

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