摘要:
Techniques are disclosed for generating conditional functional dependency (CFD) pattern tableaux having the desirable properties of support, confidence and parsimony. These techniques include both a greedy algorithm for generating a tableau and, for large data sets, an “on-demand” algorithm that outperforms the basic greedy algorithm in running time by an order of magnitude. In addition, a range tableau, as a generalization of a pattern tableau, can achieve even more parsimony.
摘要:
The present invention discloses the use of generalized queries, referred to as query templates, obtained by generalizing individual user queries, as the semantic basis for low overhead, high benefit directory caches for handling declarative queries. Caching effectiveness can be improved by maintaining a set of generalizations of queries and admitting such generalizations into the cache when their estimated benefits are sufficiently high. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the admission of query templates into the cache can be done in what is referred to by the inventors as a “revolutionary” fashion—followed by stable periods where cache admission and replacement can be done incrementally in an evolutionary fashion. The present invention can lead to considerably higher hit rates and lower server-side execution and communication costs than conventional caching of directory queries—while keeping the clientside computational overheads comparable to query caching.
摘要:
A method of providing content comprises making the content available on a central server, and surveying a plurality of peers for a portion of the content. The portion of the content from one of the peers is obtained when the portion of the content is available from the one of the peers, and obtained from the central server when the portion of the content is not available from the plurality of peers.
摘要:
A method and system for monitoring traffic in a data communication network and for extracting useful statistics and information is disclosed. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a network interface card has a run-time system and one or more processing blocks executing on the network interface. The run-time system module feeds information derived from a network packet to the processing modules which process the information and generate output such as condensed statistics about the packets traveling through the network.
摘要:
A method of searching a document having nested-structure document-specific markup (such as Extensible Markup Language (XML)) involves 112 receiving a query that designates at least (A) a phrase to be matched in a phrase matching process, and (B) a selective designation of at least a tag or annotation that is to be ignored during the phrase matching process. The method further involves 114 deriving query-specific indices based on query-independent indices that were created specific to each document, and 116 carrying out the phrase matching process using the query-specific indices on the document having the nested-structure document-specific markup.
摘要:
A method and apparatus for using tag topology for enhancing search capabilities, e.g., searching over the web, are disclosed. For example, the present method receives a user query contain a search term from a user. The method then generates a search result containing at least one entity, wherein the at least one entity is found based on a plurality of user provided tags that is associated with the at least one entity.
摘要:
A method of presenting clusters of documents in response to a search query where the documents within a cluster are determined to be related to one another. This relationship is assessed by comparing documents which match one or more terms in the query to determine the extent to which the documents have commonality with respect to terms appearing infrequently in the collection of documents. As a consequence, the cluster of documents represents a response or query result that is split across multiple documents. In a further variation the cluster can be constituted by a structured document and an unstructured document.
摘要:
A data exploration tool which has a graphical user interface that employs directed graphs to provide histories of the data exploration operations. Nodes in the directed graphs represent operations on data; the edges represent relationships between the operations. One type of the directed graphs is the derivation graph, in which the root of the graph is a node representing a data set and an edge leading from a first node to a second node indicates that the operation represented by the second node is performed on the result of the operation represented by the first node. Operations include query, segmentation, aggregation, and data view operations. A user may edit the derivation graph and may select a node for execution. When that is done, all of the operations represented by the nodes between the root node and the selected node are performed as indicated in the graph. The operations are performed using techniques of lazy evaluation and encachement of results with the nodes. Another type of the directed graphs is the subsumption graph, in which an edge leading from a first node to a second node indicates that the second node stands in a subsumption relationship to the first node. If a result of the operation represented by the first node has been computed, the result is available to calculate the result of the operation represented by the second node.
摘要:
A method improves a search in a hierarchical structure by focusing the search to selected regions within the structure. The method defines one or more region-sets and uses the region-set(s) as either a filter for the results of a key-word search or an integrated part of a search engine to increase the efficiency of the search engine. The method also provides for dynamic creation of new region-sets from existing region-sets using a prescribed set of operators.
摘要:
An online data fusion system receives a query, probes a first source for an answer to the query, returns the answer from the first source, refreshes the answer while probing an additional source, and applies fusion techniques on data associated with an answer that is retrieved from the additional source. For each retrieved answer, the online data fusion system computes the probability that the answer is correct and stops retrieving data for the answer after gaining enough confidence that data retrieved from the unprocessed sources are unlikely to change the answer. The online data fusion system returns correct answers and terminates probing additional sources in an expeditious manner without sacrificing the quality of the answers.