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DBPL
2009
Springer
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14 years 2 months ago
General Database Statistics Using Entropy Maximization
Abstract. We propose a framework in which query sizes can be estimated from arbitrary statistical assertions on the data. In its most general form, a statistical assertion states t...
Raghav Kaushik, Christopher Ré, Dan Suciu
ICIAP
2001
Springer
14 years 7 months ago
A Probabilistic Model for the Human Skin Color
We present a multivariate statistical model to represent the human skin color. In our approach, there are no limitations regarding if the person is white or black, once the model ...
Tibério S. Caetano, Dante Augusto Couto Bar...
SIGIR
2006
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
A statistical method for system evaluation using incomplete judgments
We consider the problem of large-scale retrieval evaluation, and we propose a statistical method for evaluating retrieval systems using incomplete judgments. Unlike existing techn...
Javed A. Aslam, Virgiliu Pavlu, Emine Yilmaz
EVOW
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
On the Parallel Speed-Up of Estimation of Multivariate Normal Algorithm and Evolution Strategies
Motivated by parallel optimization, we experiment EDA-like adaptation-rules in the case of λ large. The rule we use, essentially based on estimation of multivariate normal algorit...
Fabien Teytaud, Olivier Teytaud
WCE
2007
13 years 8 months ago
A Model for the Statistical Distribution of Road Vehicle Vibrations
— This paper presents the initial results of a study aimed at improving the method by which the vibrations produced by transport vehicles are characterised and simulated. More sp...
Manuel-Alfredo Garcia-Romeu-Martinez, Vincent Roui...