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SIGIR
2010
ACM
14 years 12 days ago
Hierarchical pitman-yor language model for information retrieval
In this paper, we propose a new application of Bayesian language model based on Pitman-Yor process for information retrieval. This model is a generalization of the Dirichlet distr...
Saeedeh Momtazi, Dietrich Klakow
ECML
2007
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Separating Precision and Mean in Dirichlet-Enhanced High-Order Markov Models
Abstract. Robustly estimating the state-transition probabilities of highorder Markov processes is an essential task in many applications such as natural language modeling or protei...
Rikiya Takahashi
ATAL
2007
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Rumours and reputation: evaluating multi-dimensional trust within a decentralised reputation system
In this paper we develop a novel probabilistic model of computational trust that explicitly deals with correlated multi-dimensional contracts. Our starting point is to consider an...
Steven Reece, Alex Rogers, Stephen Roberts, Nichol...