N. Yasuda

This paper proposes a single document summarization method based on the trimming of a discourse tree based on a Tree Knapsack Problem. Expand

We introduce the Zero-suppressed Sentential Decision Diagram (ZSDD), a knowledge representation language that subsumes the Ordered Binary Decision Direenshot (OBDD) as a strict subset. Expand

We discuss the redesign of the SkyQuery architecture, orig- inally built as a simple proof of concept for dynamic federation of astro- nomical archives. Expand

The amount of documents directly published by end users is increasing along with the growth of Web 2.0. Expand

The Astronomical Data Query Language (ADQL) is a proposed standard query language for the interoperability of the International Virtual Observatory. Expand

This paper proposes a highly effective geographic information retrieval method. Expand

We present dialogue control methods (the dual-cost method and the trial dual- cost method) that enable a spoken dialogue system to convey information to the user in as short a dialogue as possible depending on the speech recognition rate and the content of its database. Expand

The lecture is one of the most valuable genres of audiovisual data. Expand

We propose a top-down compilation algorithm for ZSDD that represents sets of specific graph substructures, e.g., matchings and simple paths of a graph. Expand

This paper describes WIT, a toolkit for building spoken dialogue systems. Expand