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Waqs : A Web-Based Approximate Query System, George Jyh-Shian Chang
Waqs : A Web-Based Approximate Query System, George Jyh-Shian Chang
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The Web is often viewed as a gigantic database holding vast stores of information and provides ubiquitous accessibility to end-users. Since its inception, the Internet has experienced explosive growth both in the number of users and the amount of content available on it. However, searching for information on the Web has become increasingly difficult. Although query languages have long been part of database management systems, the standard query language being the Structural Query Language is not suitable for the Web content retrieval.
In this dissertation, a new technique for document retrieval on the Web is presented. This technique is designed …