Search results for "Information Retrieval"

Identifying Algebraic Properties to Support Optimization of Unary Similarity Queries

2009

International audience; Abstract. Conventional operators for data retrieval are either based on exact matching or on total order relationship among elements. Neither ofthem is appropriate to manage complex data, such as multimedia data, time series and genetic sequences. In fact, the most meaningful way tocompare complex data is by similarity. However, the Relational Algebra, employed in the Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS),cannot express similarity criteria. In order to address this issue, we provide here an extension of the Relational Algebra, aimed at representingsimilarity queries in algebraic expressions. This paper identies fundamental properties to allow the integration…

RSS Merger

2010

Editorial Preface

2009

Détection de précurseurs d'évènements basés sur les motifs dans les réseaux sociaux

2021

Les données issues des réseaux sociaux suscitent l'intérêt des chercheurs qui développent des algorithmes et des modèles d'apprentissage automatique pour analyser les interactions et les comportements des utilisateurs. Ces méthodes s'appuient sur la topologie du réseau pour représenter les changements structurels et pour détecter des précurseurs remarquables précédant généralement des évènements majeurs. L'étude présentée dans cet article vise à étudier si certains graphlets (motifs spécifiques) peuvent être considérés comme des précurseurs d'évènements. Nous expérimentons la méthode proposée sur trois ensembles de données de réseaux sociaux. Nous étudions également le rôle joué dans les gr…

Temporal Semantic Centrality for the Analysis of Communication Networks

2012

National audience; De nos jours, la compréhension des communautés en ligne devient un enjeu majeur du Web. Dans cet article nous proposons une nouvelle mesure, la Probabilité de Propagation Sémantique (SPP), qui caractérise la capacité de l'utilisateur à propager un concept sémantique à d'autres utilisateurs, d'une manière rapide et ciblée. La sémantique des messages est analysée selon une ontologie donnée. Nous utilisons cette mesure pour obtenir la Centralité Sémantique Temporelle (TSC) d'un utilisateur dans une communauté. Nous proposons et évaluons une expérimentation de cette mesure, en utilisant une ontologie et des données réelles issues du Web.

Context-aware semantic Web service discovery protocol

2009

The Web of today represents a broad space where users research, discover and share information. In this context, the process of Web service discovery plays a significant role. Indeed, such process allows linking the information published by service providers and the requests of users, looking for information. Generally, such process involves text or keyword-based techniques. Still, this kind of discovery fails in retrieving only relevant information. Our approach is to design a more " intelligent " system that allows using a knowledge base during the service discovery process, as it is done in the Semantic Web vision. This thesis presents a framework for semantic Web service discovery using…

Towards human exploration of space: the THESEUS review series on cardiovascular, respiratory, and renal research priorities

2016

International audience; The THESEUS project (Towards Human Exploration of Space: aEUropean Strategy) was initiated within the seventh FrameworkProgramme by the European Commission. This project aimed toprovide a cross-cutting, life science-based roadmap for Europe’sstrategy towards human exploration of space, especially for deepspace missions and its relevance to applications on Earth. Toaddress these challenges, relevance of space research on thecardiovascular system, the lungs and kidneys, was discussed in anexpert group and its principal conclusions will be presented in thisarticle.

Carbonated Inheritance in the Eastern Tibetan Lithospheric Mantle: Petrological Evidences and Geodynamic Implications

2020

International audience; The timing and mechanism of formation of the Tibet Plateau remain elusive, and even the present-day structure of the Tibetan lithosphere is hardly resolved, due to conflicting interpretations of the geophysical data. We show here that significant advances in our understanding of this orogeny could be achieved through a better assessment of the composition and rheological properties of the deepest parts of the Tibetan lithosphere, leading in particular to a reinterpretation of the global tomographic cross sections. We report mantle phlogopite xenocrysts and carbonate-bearing ultramafic cumulates preserved in Eocene potassic rocks from the Eastern Qiangtang terrane, wh…

Pop-Up Windows and Information Retrieval

1997

Communication affichée; International audience; Paralinguistics organizers such as parenthesis, footnotes, and pop-up fields on screen, should play an important role signalling the writer's “minimization” intention when secondary points are concerned. This experiment investigated the role of pop-up fields compared to brackets in an information retrieval task. The results showed that, in this kind of task, putting secondary pieces of information into pop-up fields significantly speeded the search process compared to a condition in which the same information was displayed in brackets.

Developing a framework for designing humanitarian blockchain projects

2021

International audience; Blockchain technology promises to improve the efficiency, transparency, and accountability of humanitarian operations. Yet at the same time, especially the humanitarian context with its characteristic volatility poses unique challenges to any technology. Most prominent are the humanitarian principles that are fundamental to humanitarian operations. These ethical principles are set to protect the most vulnerable populations. Designing blockchain projects in the humanitarian context therefore requires a systematic framework that helps humanitarians make critical choices.While some design instructions can be found for commercial applications, the humanitarian context re…