Granularity of locations referred to by place descriptions
Place descriptions are a predominant means of human spatial communication. Their
automated interpretation still poses a challenge for geospatial services. This paper explores …
automated interpretation still poses a challenge for geospatial services. This paper explores …
Search engine inference based virtual assistance
E Kruglick - US Patent 8,214,344, 2012 - Google Patents
Techniques described herein generally relate to real time inference based systems.
Example embodiments may set forth devices, methods, and computer programs related to …
Example embodiments may set forth devices, methods, and computer programs related to …
[PDF][PDF] Handling of prepositions in English to Bengali machine translation
SK Naskar, S Bandyopadhyay - Proceedings of the Third ACL …, 2006 - aclanthology.org
The present study focuses on the lexical meanings of prepositions rather than on the
thematic meanings because it is intended for use in an English-Bengali machine translation …
thematic meanings because it is intended for use in an English-Bengali machine translation …
Quantum fluctuations of mass for a mirror in vacuum
MT Jaekel, S Reynaud - Physics Letters A, 1993 - Elsevier
A mirror in vacuum is coupled to fluctuating quantum fields. As a result, its energy-
momentum and mass fluctuate. We compute that correlation spectra of force and mass …
momentum and mass fluctuate. We compute that correlation spectra of force and mass …
[PDF][PDF] Decision trees for sense disambiguation of prepositions: Case of over
YS Alam - Proceedings of the Computational Lexical Semantics …, 2004 - aclanthology.org
This paper proposes two decision trees for determining the meanings of the prepositional
uses of over by using the contextual information. It first examines the meanings of the …
uses of over by using the contextual information. It first examines the meanings of the …
Extraction of cognitively-significant place names and regions from web-based physical proximity co-occurrences
The cognitive significances of geographic objects play an important role in optimizing a set
of place names presented on a map interface. The aim of this research is to assign a value …
of place names presented on a map interface. The aim of this research is to assign a value …
Contextualized and personalized location-based services
S Yu - 2008 - infoscience.epfl.ch
Advances in the technologies of smart mobile devices and tiny sensors together with the
increase in the number of web resources open up a plethora of new mobile information …
increase in the number of web resources open up a plethora of new mobile information …
[PDF][PDF] A collaborative framework for location-based services
S Yu, MA Aufaure, N Cullot… - Proc. of the 15th …, 2003 - infoscience.epfl.ch
This short paper is aimed to discuss the challenges for location-based services and
proposes our framework, which makes it possible to obtain information from heterogeneous …
proposes our framework, which makes it possible to obtain information from heterogeneous …
A knowledge infrastructure for intelligent query answering in location-based services
S Yu, S Spaccapietra - GeoInformatica, 2010 - Springer
Intelligent query answering in Location-based Services refers to their capability to provide
mobile users with personalized and contextualized answers. Personalization is expected to …
mobile users with personalized and contextualized answers. Personalization is expected to …
Web-based evidence excavation to explore the authenticity of local events
With the increasing employment of the Web in our daily lives, we often use it to find evidence
of real-world events. The difference with normal web searches is that users want to reveal …
of real-world events. The difference with normal web searches is that users want to reveal …