MetaSEEk: a content-based metasearch engine for images

Mandis Beigi; Ana Belen Benitez; Shih-Fu Chang

doi:10.1117/12.298436

23 December 1997 MetaSEEk: a content-based metasearch engine for images

Mandis Beigi, Ana Belen Benitez, Shih-Fu Chang

Proceedings Volume 3312, Storage and Retrieval for Image and Video Databases VI; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.298436
Event: Photonics West '98 Electronic Imaging, 1998, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Search engines are the most powerful resources for finding information on the rapidly expanding World Wide Web (WWW). Finding the desired search engines and learning how to use them, however, can be very time consuming. The integration of such search tools enables the users to access information across the world in a transparent and efficient manner. These systems are called meta-search engines. The recent emergence of visual information retrieval (VIR) search engines on the web is leading to the same efficiency problem. This paper describes and evaluates MetaSEEk, a content-based meta-search engine used for finding images on the Web based on their visual information. MetaSEEk is designed to intelligently select and interface with multiple on-line image search engines by ranking their performance for different classes of user queries. User feedback is also integrated in the ranking refinement. We compare MetaSEEk with a base line version of meta-search engine, which does not use the past performance of the different search engines in recommending target search engines for future queries.

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Mandis Beigi, Ana Belen Benitez, and Shih-Fu Chang "MetaSEEk: a content-based metasearch engine for images", Proc. SPIE 3312, Storage and Retrieval for Image and Video Databases VI, (23 December 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.298436

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