Abstract. Learning ranking functions is crucial for solving many problems, ranging from document retrieval to building recommendation systems based on an individual user’s prefer...
We present a method to automatically learn object categories from unlabeled images. Each image is represented by an unordered set of local features, and all sets are embedded into...
We present a general boosting method extending functional gradient boosting to optimize complex loss functions that are encountered in many machine learning problems. Our approach...
In this paper, we demonstrate a novel landmark photo search and browsing system, Agate, which ranks landmark image search results considering their relevance, diversity and qualit...
Yuheng Ren, Mo Yu, Xin-Jing Wang, Lei Zhang, Wei-Y...
Abstract. In this chapter, we present a new interactive procedure for multiobjective optimization, which is based on the use of a set of value functions as a preference model built...