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SIGIR
2010
ACM
14 years 22 days ago
On statistical analysis and optimization of information retrieval effectiveness metrics
This paper presents a new way of thinking for IR metric optimization. It is argued that the optimal ranking problem should be factorized into two distinct yet interrelated stages:...
Jun Wang, Jianhan Zhu
CORR
2008
Springer
129views Education» more  CORR 2008»
13 years 9 months ago
Evolving Dynamic Change and Exchange of Genotype Encoding in Genetic Algorithms for Difficult Optimization Problems
The application of genetic algorithms (GAs) to many optimization problems in organizations often results in good performance and high quality solutions. For successful and efficien...
Maroun Bercachi, Philippe Collard, Manuel Clergue,...
SIAMSC
2008
191views more  SIAMSC 2008»
13 years 8 months ago
ORBIT: Optimization by Radial Basis Function Interpolation in Trust-Regions
Abstract. We present a new derivative-free algorithm, ORBIT, for unconstrained local optimization of computationally expensive functions. A trust-region framework using interpolati...
Stefan M. Wild, Rommel G. Regis, Christine A. Shoe...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
143views Robotics» more  ICRA 2010»
13 years 7 months ago
Optimal Feedback Control for anthropomorphic manipulators
— We study target reaching tasks of redundant anthropomorphic manipulators under the premise of minimal energy consumption and compliance during motion. We formulate this motor c...
Djordje Mitrovic, Sho Nagashima, Stefan Klanke, Ta...
ICDE
2008
IEEE
122views Database» more  ICDE 2008»
14 years 10 months ago
On Signatures for Communication Graphs
Abstract-- Communications between individuals can be represented by (weighted, multi-) graphs. Many applications operate on communication graphs associated with telephone calls, em...
Graham Cormode, Flip Korn, S. Muthukrishnan, Yihua...