JAIR
2006
13 years 11 months ago
2006
Machine transliteration is a method for automatically converting words in one language into phonetically equivalent ones in another language. Machine transliteration plays an impo...
JAIR
2006
13 years 11 months ago
2006
Active learners alleviate the burden of labeling large amounts of data by detecting and asking the user to label only the most informative examples in the domain. We focus here on...
JAIR
2006
13 years 11 months ago
2006
It was recently proved that a sound and complete qualitative simulator does not exist, that is, as long as the input-output vocabulary of the state-of-the-art QSIM algorithm is us...
JAIR
2006
13 years 11 months ago
2006
Multimodal conversational interfaces provide a natural means for users to communicate with computer systems through multiple modalities such as speech and gesture. To build effect...
JAIR
2006
13 years 11 months ago
2006
Allocating scarce resources among agents to maximize global utility is, in general, computationally challenging. We focus on problems where resources enable agents to execute acti...
JAIR
2006
13 years 11 months ago
2006
The Partially Observable Markov Decision Process has long been recognized as a rich framework for real-world planning and control problems, especially in robotics. However exact s...
JAIR
2006
13 years 11 months ago
2006
Efficient representations and solutions for large decision problems with continuous and discrete variables are among the most important challenges faced by the designers of automa...
JAIR
2006
13 years 11 months ago
2006
We consider interactive tools that help users search for their most preferred item in a large collection of options. In particular, we examine example-critiquing, a technique for ...
JAIR
2006
13 years 11 months ago
2006
The best performing algorithms for a particular oversubscribed scheduling application, Air Force Satellite Control Network (AFSCN) scheduling, appear to have little in common. Yet...
JAIR
2006
13 years 11 months ago
2006
In a field of research about general reasoning mechanisms, it is essential to have appropriate benchmarks. Ideally, the benchmarks should reflect possible applications of the deve...