Dota 2 is one of the most popular multiplayer online battle arena games, in which players of
different teams controlling heroes fight each other to pursue a championship. To enrich the …

The Web graph has recently been used to model the link structure of the Web. The studies of
such graphs can yield valuable insights into Web algorithms for crawling, searching and …

This paper pursues the recently emerging paradigm of searching for entities that are
embedded in Web pages. We utilize informationextraction techniques to identify entity …

In this paper, we present a novel ranking technique that we developed in the context of an
application that arose in a Service Delivery setting. We consider the problem of ranking …

(57) ABSTRACT A platform identifies and matches software application pro grams for a
business user based on his/her context such as industry, location, size, etc. by providing …

In this paper, we consider the problem of social networks whose edges may be
characterized with uncertainty, space, and time. We propose a model called spatio-temporal …

A geodesic is the shortest path between two vertices in a connected network. The geodesic
is the kernel of various network metrics including radius, diameter, eccentricity, closeness …

This paper proposes an approach to characterize user activity in e-commerce, especially in
Internet auctions. It is considered that users are connected to each other through their …

The central role of Data Management in today's society may be compared to the role of
Physics in early 20 th Century when it entered its Golden Age. Data is the raw matter of the …

Abstract The World Wide Web allows vast amounts of information to be available to users–
but only if they know how to get it. While containing a wide range of information pertaining to …