Publications related to Local search (Internet)

An Improved Analysis of Local Search for Max-Sum Diversification

Friedrich Eisenbrand, Rico Zenklusen, Alfonso Bolívar Cevallos Manzano

We present new techniques to analyze natural local search algorithms for several variants of the max-sum diversification problem which, in its most basic form, is as follows: given an n-point set X subset of R-d and an integer k, select k points in X so th ...

INFORMS2019

New Multi-Keyword Ciphertext Search Method for Sensor Network Cloud Platforms

Jiyong Zhang, Hongyu Yang, Yue Wang

This paper proposed a multi-keyword ciphertext search, based on an improved-quality hierarchical clustering (MCS-IQHC) method. MCS-IQHC is a novel technique, which is tailored to work with encrypted data. It has improved search accuracy and can self-adapt ...

MDPI2018

Precision global health in the digital age

Marcel Salathé, Idris Guessous, Gérard Escher

Precision global health is an approach similar to precision medicine, which facilitates, through innovation and technology, better targeting of public health interventions on a global scale, for the purpose of maximising their effectiveness and relevance. ...

EMH Swiss Medical Publishers, Ltd.2017

Result Selection and Summarization for Web Table Search

Karl Aberer, Quoc Viet Hung Nguyen, Thành Tâm Nguyên

The amount of information available on the Web has been growing dramatically, raising the importance of techniques for searching the Web. Recently, Web Tables emerged as a model, which enables users to search for information in a structured way. However, e ...

2015

Formal verification of infinite-state BIP models

Simon Bliudze, Wajeb Saab

We propose two expressive and complementary techniques for the verification of safety properties of infinite-state BIP models. Both our techniques deal with the full BIP specification, while the existing approaches impose con- siderable restrictions: they ...

Springer2015

Update on the role of angiotensin in the pathophysiology of coronary atherothrombosis

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos, Rodrigo Araujo Fraga Da Silva

BackgroundCoronary atherothrombosis due to atherosclerotic plaque rupture or erosion is frequently associated with acute coronary syndromes (ACS). Significant efforts have been made to elucidate the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying acute coronary e ...

Wiley-Blackwell2015

B-hist: Entity-centric search over personal web browsing history

Karl Aberer, Philippe Cudré-Mauroux, Michele Catasta, Jean-Eudes Marie Ranvier

Web Search is increasingly entity centric; as a large fraction of common queries target specific entities, search results get progressively augmented with semi-structured and multimedia information about those entities. However, search over personal web br ...

Elsevier2014

Pathophysiological role of the renin-angiotensin system on erectile dysfunction

Nikolaos Stergiopoulos

Background The renin-angiotensin system (RAS) has been shown to play an active role within the erectile tissues. The aim of this narrative review is to summarize the literature addressing the pathophysiological role of RAS on erectile function. Additionall ...

Wiley-Blackwell2013

A Decentralized Recommender System for Effective Web Credibility Assessment

Karl Aberer, Alexandra Olteanu, Jean-Eudes Marie Ranvier

An overwhelming and growing amount of data is available online. The problem of untrustworthy online information is augmented by its high economic potential and its dynamic nature, e.g. transient domain names, dynamic content, etc. In this paper, we address ...

2012

A Large-Scale Multi-Lingual Color Thesaurus

Sabine Süsstrunk, Albrecht Johannes Lindner, Bryan Zhi Li

We present a color thesaurus with over 9000 color names in ten different languages. Instead of using conventional psychophysical experiments, we use a statistical framework that is based on search results from Google Image Search. For each color name we co ...

2012

Advanced Search, Visualization and Tagging of Sensor Metadata

Karl Aberer, Ho Young Jeung, Ioannis Paparrizos

As sensors continue to proliferate, the capabilities of effectively querying not only sensor data but also its metadata becomes important in a wide range of applications. This paper demonstrates a search system that utilizes various techniques and tools fo ...

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Object-based Tag Propagation for Semi-automatic Annotation of Images

Touradj Ebrahimi, Jong Seok Lee, Lutz Goldmann, Ivan Ivanov, Péter Vajda

Over the last few years, social network systems have greatly increased users’ involvement in online content creation and annotation. Since such systems usually need to deal with a large amount of multimedia data, it becomes desirable to realize an interact ...

2010

Query-driven indexing in large-scale distributed systems

Gleb Skobeltsyn

Efficient and effective search in large-scale data repositories requires complex indexing solutions deployed on a large number of servers. Web search engines such as Google and Yahoo! already rely upon complex systems to be able to return relevant query re ...

EPFL2009

Local search techniques for multi-agent constraint optimization problems

Quang Huy Nguyen

Combinatorial optimization problems in the real world are ubiquitous. Practical applications include planning, scheduling, distributed control, resource allocation, etc. These problems often involve multiple agents and can be formulated as a Multi-agent Co ...

EPFL2008

Refining preference-based search results through Bayesian filtering

Pearl Pu Faltings, Jiyong Zhang

Preference-based search (PBS) is a popular approach for helping consumers find their desired items from online catalogs. Currently most PBS tools generate search results by a certain set of criteria based on preferences elicited from the current user durin ...

Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY 10036-5701, United States2007

Distributed link-based ranking in P2P Web retrieval

Jie Wu

One of the main differences between modern search engines and traditional ones is the adoption of link-based ranking algorithm in ordering Web documents. Google has claimed that it is its link-based ranking algorithm, PageRank that has made the quality of ...

EPFL2006

Stochastic Approach to Data Analysis in Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy

Theo Lasser, Rajesh Langoju, Ramachandra Rao

Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) has emerged as a powerful technique for measuring low concentrations of fluorescent molecules and their diffusion constants. In FCS, the experimental data is conventionally fit using standard local search techniq ...

2006