We distinguish between two main types of model: predictive and explanatory. It is argued (in the absence of models that predict on unseen data) that in order for a model to increas...
Many organizations face every day the problem of effectively managing their contacts (customers, suppliers, partners, etc.), in terms of communication, clustering, networking, ana...
Irene Celino, Francesco Corcoglioniti, Emanuele De...
Wireless sensor networks are proving to be useful in a variety of settings. A core challenge in these networks is to minimize energy consumption. Prior database research has propo...
David Chu, Amol Deshpande, Joseph M. Hellerstein, ...
In regression problems, making accurate predictions is often the primary goal. Also, relevance of inputs in the prediction of an output would be valuable information in many cases....
Abstract. We address the problem of designing practical, energy-efficient protocols for data collection in wireless sensor networks using predictive modeling. Prior work has sugges...