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CIKM
2009
Springer
14 years 4 months ago
Post-rank reordering: resolving preference misalignments between search engines and end users
No search engine is perfect. A typical type of imperfection is the preference misalignment between search engines and end users, e.g., from time to time, web users skip higherrank...
Chao Liu, Mei Li, Yi-Min Wang
AAMAS
2011
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
Aggregating value ranges: preference elicitation and truthfulness
We study the case where agents have preferences over ranges (intervals) of values, and we wish to elicit and aggregate these preferences. For example, consider a set of climatologi...
Joseph Farfel, Vincent Conitzer
KDD
2004
ACM
148views Data Mining» more  KDD 2004»
14 years 10 months ago
Spying Out Accurate User Preferences for Search Engine Adaptation
Abstract. Most existing search engines employ static ranking algorithms that do not adapt to the specific needs of users. Recently, some researchers have studied the use of clickth...
Lin Deng, Wilfred Ng, Xiaoyong Chai, Dik Lun Lee
SARA
2005
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Approximate Model-Based Diagnosis Using Preference-Based Compilation
Abstract. This article introduces a technique for improving the efficiency of diagnosis through approximate compilation. We extend the approach of compiling a diagnostic model, as...
Gregory M. Provan
ICIP
2003
IEEE
14 years 11 months ago
Multitemporal geospatial query grouping using correlation signatures
With recent advances in temporal and spatiotemporal databases, user demands are becoming more complex. As a result, simple queries are replaced by complex multitemporal query scen...
Giorgos Mountrakis, Peggy Agouris, Anthony Stefani...