International Journal of Web Information Systems: Volume 11 Issue 1

A method for detecting local events using the spatiotemporal locality of microblog posts

Takuya Sugitani, Masumi Shirakawa, Takahiro Hara, Shojiro Nishio

The purpose of this paper is to propose a method to detect local events in real time using Twitter, an online microblogging platform. The authors especially aim at detecting local…

Design of interactive conjoint analysis Web-based system

Dennis Castel, Hiroshi Tsuji

The purpose of this paper is to presents an interactive conjoint analysis Web-based system that allows the problems of traditional conjoint analysis to be avoided.In the case of a…

Effective keyword query structuring using NER for XML retrieval

Abubakar Roko, Shyamala Doraisamy, Azrul Hazri Jantan, Azreen Azman

The purpose of this paper is to propose and evaluate XKQSS, a query structuring method that relegates the task of generating structured queries from a user to a search engine…

Relevance status value model of Index Islamicus on Islamic History and Civilizations

Roslina Othman, Ashraf Ali Salahuddin

The purposes of this study were to measure the relevance status of Index Islamicus, evaluate the semantic correlation between a query and documents and inquire the basis of its…

A semantic integration approach to publish and retrieve ecological data

Ana Maria de Carvalho Moura, Fabio Porto, Vania Vidal, Regis Pires Magalhães, Macedo Maia, Maira Poltosi, Daniele Palazzi

The purpose of this paper is to present a four-level architecture that aims at integrating, publishing and retrieving ecological data making use of linked data (LD). It allows…

Calculation of account reachability risk for users having multiple SNS accounts from user’s profile and regional information

Ayano Yoshikuni, Chiemi Watanabe

– The purpose of this paper was to argue that social networking service users should be vigilant in protecting the relationship between multiple accounts.