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ICML
2003
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Evolutionary MCMC Sampling and Optimization in Discrete Spaces
The links between genetic algorithms and population-based Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods are explored. Genetic algorithms (GAs) are well-known for their capability to opt...
Malcolm J. A. Strens
ICML
2003
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
An Evaluation on Feature Selection for Text Clustering
Feature selection methods have been successfully applied to text categorization but seldom applied to text clustering due to the unavailability of class label information. In this...
Tao Liu, Shengping Liu, Zheng Chen, Wei-Ying Ma
ICML
2003
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Decision Tree with Better Ranking
AUC(Area Under the Curve) of ROC(Receiver Operating Characteristics) has been recently used as a measure for ranking performanceof learning algorithms. In this paper, wepresent a ...
Charles X. Ling, Robert J. Yan
ICML
2003
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
The Influence of Reward on the Speed of Reinforcement Learning: An Analysis of Shaping
Shaping can be an effective method for improving the learning rate in reinforcement systems. Previously, shaping has been heuristically motivated and implemented. We provide a for...
Adam Laud, Gerald DeJong
ICML
2003
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
The Significance of Temporal-Difference Learning in Self-Play Training TD-Rummy versus EVO-rummy
Reinforcement learning has been used for training game playing agents. The value function for a complex game must be approximated with a continuous function because the number of ...
Clifford Kotnik, Jugal K. Kalita
ICALT
2003
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Student Models in Computer-Based Education
Larissa Zaitseva, Cathrine Boule
ICALT
2003
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
A Conformance Test Suite of Localized LOM Model
Since the approval of IEEE LOM Draft Standard and the advance of network-driven learning technology, a large number of resource database constructors, content developers and learn...
Xin Xiang, Yuanchun Shi, Ling Guo
ICALT
2003
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Speech Enabled E-Learning for Adult Literacy Tutoring
It is estimated in a recent OECD International Adult Literacy Survey that up to 500,000 Irish adults are functionally illiterate, that is many people have difficulty in reading an...
Paul Walsh, Jason Meade
ICALT
2003
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
A Distributed Software System Architecture For Wireless Peer-to-Peer Collaborative Learning
Students often turn to their peers for help in order to learn a new concept or lesson introduced by a teacher in class. This establishes roles of tutor and learner between student...
Indrani Vedula, Richard Han