We consider the problem of identifying the consensus ranking for the results of a query, given preferences among those results from a set of individual users. Once consensus ranki...
Paul N. Bennett, David Maxwell Chickering, Anton M...
Clustering is ill-defined. Unlike supervised learning where labels lead to crisp performance criteria such as accuracy and squared error, clustering quality depends on how the cl...
Rich Caruana, Mohamed Farid Elhawary, Nam Nguyen, ...
Searching and comparing information from semi-structured repositories is an important, but cognitively complex activity for internet users. The typical web interface displays a li...
Maria-Elena Hernandez, Sean M. Falconer, Margaret-...
A new algorithm and systematic evaluation is presented for searching a database via relevance feedback. It represents a new image display strategy for the PicHunter system [2, 1]....
Ingemar J. Cox, Matthew L. Miller, Thomas P. Minka...
Internet based mobile ad hoc networks (IMANETs) have several limitations to fulfill users' demands to access various kinds of information such as limited accessibility to the...
Sunho Lim, Seung-Taek Park, Wang-Chien Lee, Guohon...