Search Computing : Trends and Developments

by Ceri, Stefano; Brambilla, Marco

• ISBN13: 9783642196676
• ISBN10: 3642196675
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-05-03
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc

Summary

Search computing, which has evolved from service computing, focuses on building the answers to complex search queries by interacting with a constellation of cooperating search services, using ranking and joining of results as the dominant factors for service composition. The field is multi-disciplinary in nature, and takes advantage of contributions from other research areas such as knowledge representation, human-computer interfaces, psychology, sociology, economics and legal sciences. This second Search Computing book is divided into eight parts focusing on the search process, interaction design, semantic description, rank join, query processing, tools and mashups, bio-seco, and sustainable exploitation reflecting the many research directions of the Search Computing project (SeCo).

Table of Contents

The Search Process
The New Frontier of Web Search Technology: Seven Challenges	p. 3
Information Exploration in Search Computing	p. 10
Trends in Search Interaction	p. 26
Interaction Design
Context and Action in Search Interfaces	p. 35
Desktop, Tabletop or Mobile?	p. 46
Visualization of Multi-domain Ranked Data	p. 53
Semantic Description
Semantic Resource Framework	p. 73
Automatic Normalization and Annotation for Discovering Semantic Mappings	p. 85
Towards an Ontological Representation of Services in Search Computing	p. 101
Rank Join
The Rank Join Problem	p. 115
Proximity Rank Join in Search Computing	p. 121
Uncertainty in Rank Join	p. 128
Trends in Rank Join	p. 135
Query Processing
Efficient Computation of Search Computing Queries	p. 141
Run-Time Adaptivity for Search Computing	p. 156
Tools and Mashups
Tools Supporting Search Computing Application Development	p. 169
Distributed User Interface Orchestration: On the Composition of Multi-User (Search) Applications	p. 182
On Development Practices for End Users	p. 192
Bio-SeCo
Bio-SeCo: Integration and Global Ranking of Biomedical Search Results	p. 203
Workflows for Information Integration in the Life Sciences	p. 215
Complex Search, Ranks, and Biological Discovery: A User's Perspective	p. 226
Towards a Sustainable Exploitation
An Experience in Applying User Centered Design to Search Computing	p. 239
Analysis of Business Models for Search Computing	p. 256
Author Index	p. 273
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