Challenging the invisible web [Elektronische Ressource] : improving web meta-search by combining constraint-based query translation and adaptive user interface construction / vom Lieming Huang

Challenging the Invisible Web: Improving Web Meta-Search by Combining Constraint-based Query Translation and Adaptive User Interface Construction Vom Fachbereich Informatik der Technischen Universität Darmstadt genehmigte Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktor-Ingenieurs (Dr.-Ing.) vom Master of Engineering (Computer Software) Lieming Huang Aus Guangdong, V. R. China Referent: Prof. Dr. Erich J. Neuhold Koreferent: Prof. Dr. Alejandro P. Buchmann Tag der Einreichung: 04.07.2003 Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 26.09.2003 Darmstadt 2003 D 17 Darmstädter Dissertation Challenging the Invisible Web: Improving Web Meta-Search by Combining Constraint-based Query Translation and Adaptive User Interface Construction A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE OF TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT DARMSTADT FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF ENGINEERING by Master of Engineering (Computer Software) Lieming Huang From Guangdong, P. R. China Reviewers: Prof. Dr. Erich J. Neuhold Prof. Dr. Alejandro P. Buchmann Date of thesis submission: 04.07.2003 Date of Viva Voce: 26.09.2003 2003 Technische Universität Darmstadt Darmstadt, Germany II Abstract The revolution of the World Wide Web (WWW or Web) has set off the globalization of information publishing and access. Organizations, enterprises, and individuals produce and update data on the Web everyday.