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Yigal Arens
Researcher at University of Southern California
Publications - 44
Citations - 2379
Yigal Arens is an academic researcher from University of Southern California. The author has contributed to research in topics: Information system & Research center. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 44 publications receiving 2371 citations. Previous affiliations of Yigal Arens include University of California, Berkeley & Information Sciences Institute.
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Retrieving and Integrating Data from Multiple Information Sources
TL;DR: This paper describes how both the domain and the information sources are modeled, shows how a query at the domain level is mapped into a set of queries to individual information sources, and presents algorithms for automatically improving the efficiency of queries using knowledge about both the Domain and the Information sources.
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Query reformulation for dynamic information integration
TL;DR: This paper describes the query reformulation process in SIMS and the operators used in it, and provides precise definitions of the reformulation operators and the rationale behind choosing the specific ones SIMS uses.
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Talking to UNIX in English: an overview of UC
TL;DR: UC as mentioned in this paper is a natural language help facility for the UNIX operating system, which is comprised of a language analyzer and generator, a context and memory model, an experimental common-sense planner, highly extensible knowledge bases on both UNIX domain and the English language, a goal analysis component, and a system for acquisition of new knowledge through instruction in English.
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Query processing in the SIMS information mediator
TL;DR: A flexible and efficient information mediator that takes a domain-level query and dynamically selects the appropriate information sources based on their content and availability, generates a query access plan that specifies the operations and their order for processing the data, and then performs semantic query optimization to minimize the overall execution time is described.
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Cooperating agents for information retrieval
TL;DR: This paper describes how information agents represent their knowledge, communicate with other agents, dynamically construct information retrieval plans, and learn about other agents to improve efficiency in a network of cooperating information agents.