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Soft Computing in Web Information Retrieval

Models and Applications

  • The latest about Information Retrieval in the internet

Part of the book series: Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing (STUDFUZZ, volume 197)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
  2. Document Classification

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. A Dynamic Hierarchical Fuzzy Clustering Algorithm for Information Filtering

      • Gloria Bordogna, Marco Pagani1, Gabriella Pasi
      Pages 3-23
    3. A Theoretical Framework for Web Categorization in Hierarchical Directories using Bayesian Networks

      • Luis M. de Campos, Juan M. Fernández-Luna, Juan F. Huete
      Pages 25-43
    4. Personalized Knowledge Models Using RDF-Based Fuzzy Classification

      • Vincenzo Loia, Sabrina Senatore
      Pages 45-64
    5. A Genetic Programming Approach for Combining Structural and Citation-Based Evidence for Text Classification in Web Digital Libraries

      • Baoping Zhang, Weiguo Fan, Yuxin Chen, Edward A. Fox, Marcos André Gonçalves, Marco Cristo et al.
      Pages 65-83
  3. Semantic Web

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
    2. Adding a Trust Layer to Semantic Web Metadata

      • Paolo Ceravolo, Ernesto Damiani, Marco Viviani
      Pages 87-104
    3. A Fuzzy Linguistic Multi-agent Model Based on Semantic Web Technologies and User Profiles

      • Enrique Herrera-Viedma, Eduardo Peis, José M. Morales-del-Castillo
      Pages 105-120
    4. Fuzzy Concept-Based Models in Information Browsers

      • Elena García Barriocanal, Miguel-Ángel Sicilia
      Pages 121-134
    5. Evaluation of Term-based Queries using Possibilistic Ontologies

      • Yannick Loiseau, Mohand Boughanem, Henri Prade
      Pages 135-160
  4. Web Information Retrieval

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
    2. Formal Theory of Connectionist Web Retrieval

      • Sándor Dominich, Adrienn Skrop, Zsolt Tuza
      Pages 163-194
    3. Semi-fuzzy Quantifiers for Information Retrieval

      • David E. Losada, Félix Díaz-Hermida, Alberto Bugarín
      Pages 195-220
    4. Helping Users in Web Information Retrieval Via Fuzzy Association Rules

      • M. J. Martín-Bautista, D. Sánchez, J. M. Serrano, M. A. Vila
      Pages 221-237
  5. Web Application

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 257-257
    2. Search Advertising

      • Marco Cristo, Berthier Ribeiro-Neto, Paulo B. Golgher, Edleno Silva de Moura
      Pages 259-285
    3. Information Loss in Continuous Hybrid Microdata: Subdomain-Level Probabilistic Measures

      • Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Josep Maria Mateo-Sanz, Francesc Sebé
      Pages 287-298
    4. Access to a Large Dictionary of Spanish Synonyms: A Tool for Fuzzy Information Retrieval

      • Alejandro Sobrino-Cerdeiriña, Santiago Fernández-Lanza, Jorge Graña-Gil
      Pages 299-316

About this book

This book presents some recent works on the application of Soft Computing techniques in information access on the World Wide Web. The book comprises 15 chapters from internationally known researchers and is divided in four parts reflecting the areas of research of the presented works such as Document Classification, Semantic Web, Web Information Retrieval and Web Applications. This book demonstrates that Web Information Retrieval is a stimulating area of research where Soft Computing technologies can be applied satisfactorily.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Computer Science and A.I E.T.S.I. Informatica, University of Granada, Granada, Spain

    Enrique Herrera-Viedma

  • Department of Informatics Systems and Communication (DISCo), Università degli Studi di Milano Bicocca, Milano, Itay

    Gabriella Pasi

  • Department of Computer and Information Sciences, University of Strathclyde, Livingstone Tower, Glasgow, UK

    Fabio Crestani

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