Conventional parallel computer architectures do not provide support for non-uniformly distributed objects. In this thesis, I introduce sparsely faceted arrays (SFAs), a new lowlevel mechanism for naming regions of memory, or facets, on different processors in a distributed, shared memory parallel processing system. Sparsely faceted arrays address the disconnect between the global distributed ar...

Metadata access to complex information bases through multidimensional, dynamic taxonomies (aka faceted search) is rapidly becoming a hot topic both in research and in industry, where e-commerce applications based on this access paradigm are becoming pervasive. The dynamic taxonomy model was the first model to fully exploit multidimensional classification schemes and to integrate query and explo...

nanocrystalline particles of cerium oxide (ceo2) have been prepared by the chemical precipitation method using cerium nitrate and urea with a molar ratio of 1:2. the results revealed that the formation of ceo2 fine particles is influenced by molar ratio of metal nitrates to fuel. well faceted ceo2 nanoparticles, were synthesized by thermal-assisted dissociation method at reflux temperature in a...

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We are talking about the most beautiful woman in the world, about the largest cave in Europe, about the best sportsman of a particular year. We have even started to rank companies according to their ‘‘intellectual assets’’, universities according to their ‘‘importance’’, and scientists according to their ‘‘impact’’. It is time that we protest against this culture of ‘‘linearity’’ in a world tha...

要 旨 企業内の大規模なリポジトリ中のドキュメントを 閲覧し検索する手法が大きな課題になってきている。 インターネットの検索結果にユーザはほぼ満足して いる一方で、企業内におけるドキュメント検索には データタイプやユーザの検索要求の違いのためにま だ改善の余地がある。我々は、企業内のリポジトリの 階層構造を保持したまま、文書ジャンルという新しい 属性を含むファセットにより文書を閲覧・検索が可能 なシステムを提案する。まず、電子文書・スキャン画 像内の必要な情報の検索支援のため、文書の画像特徴 から、技術文書、プレゼン資料、表、写真等の文書ジャ ンルを自動的に検出するソフトウエアを開発した。次 に、選択されたファセットと検索条件にマッチした文 書だけを表示するように文書とディレクトリをフィ ルタし、可能性の高いディレクトリを強調表示する。 これらにより、ファイルの拡張子にかかわらずに、...

In this paper, we list several features of faceted search and challenge their implicit assumptions.