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TREC
2007
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The University of Amsterdam at the TREC 2007 QA Track
Abstract: In our participation in the TREC 2007 Question Answering (QA) track, we focused on three tasks. First, we processed the new blog corpus and converted it to formats which ...
Katja Hofmann, Valentin Jijkoun, Mahboob Alam Khal...
ATAL
2010
Springer
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Bootstrapping trust evaluations through stereotypes
In open, dynamic multi-agent systems, agents may form short-term ad-hoc groups, such as coalitions, in order to meet their goals. Trust and reputation are crucial concepts in thes...
Chris Burnett, Timothy J. Norman, Katia P. Sycara
CCIA
2009
Springer
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Interaction, observance or both? Study of the effects on convention emergence
Abstract. Social conventions are useful self-sustaining protocols for groups to coordinate behavior without a centralized entity enforcing coordination. The emergence of such conve...
Daniel Villatoro, Jordi Sabater-Mir, Sandip Sen
DAGM
2010
Springer
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Random Fourier Approximations for Skewed Multiplicative Histogram Kernels
Abstract. Approximations based on random Fourier features have recently emerged as an efficient and elegant methodology for designing large-scale kernel machines [4]. By expressing...
Fuxin Li, Catalin Ionescu, Cristian Sminchisescu
CIDR
2009
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Visualizing the robustness of query execution
In database query processing, actual run-time conditions (e.g., actual selectivities and actual available memory) very often differ from compile-time expectations of run-time cond...
Goetz Graefe, Harumi A. Kuno, Janet L. Wiener