The problem of finding a collection of solutions to a combinatorial problem that is optimal in terms of an inter-solution objective function exists in many application settings. F...
We describe a class of problems motivated by numerous real-world applications where there is a collection of objects that have both a cost and a value, but where some of those obj...
David L. Roberts, Charles L. Isbell, Michael L. Li...
A data mule represents a mobile device that collects data in a sensor field by physically visiting the nodes in a sensor network. The data mule collects data when it is in the prox...
Most learning to rank research has assumed that the utility of different documents is independent, which results in learned ranking functions that return redundant results. The fe...
Aleksandrs Slivkins, Filip Radlinski, Sreenivas Go...