autocomplete algorithms, papers, strategies, etc

Question

I\'m wondering if anyone has good resources to read or code to experiment for \"autcomplete\"

I would like to know what\'s the theory behind autocompletion, where t

Answer 1

• http://humanized.com/weblog/2007/03/30/what_makes_a_good_autocomplete/ --
• http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vblanguage/thread/2ccb37b9-c7e1-4113-86ac-ad3d33b4b4b1/ -- in the .Net world
• A nasty patent on autocompletion approach (still possibly worth reading for the theory) http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/5845300/description.html
• http://ask.metafilter.com/91068/Fuzzy-text-completion-algorithm for a high level discussion on strategies to take.