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CIKM
2006
Springer
15 years 10 months ago
Incorporating query difference for learning retrieval functions in world wide web search
We discuss information retrieval methods that aim at serving a diverse stream of user queries such as those submitted to commercial search engines. We propose methods that emphasi...
Hongyuan Zha, Zhaohui Zheng, Haoying Fu, Gordon Su...
MIDDLEWARE
2004
Springer
15 years 12 months ago
On adaptable middleware product lines
Middleware helps to manage the complexity and heterogeneity inherent in distributed systems. Traditional middleware has a monolithic architecture, which makes it difficult to adap...
Wasif Gilani, Nabeel Hasan Naqvi, Olaf Spinczyk
ICAI
2004
15 years 7 months ago
Automatic Generation of English-language Steps in Puzzle Solving
This paper shows how to generate an English step-by-step explanation that describes how an automated reasoning system solves a complex logic program. We limit our attention to pro...
Hemantha Ponnuru, Raphael A. Finkel, Victor W. Mar...
CHI
2007
ACM
16 years 6 months ago
How it works: a field study of non-technical users interacting with an intelligent system
In order to develop intelligent systems that attain the trust of their users, it is important to understand how users perceive such systems and develop those perceptions over time...
Joe Tullio, Anind K. Dey, Jason Chalecki, James Fo...
IJCAI
2003
15 years 7 months ago
Towards Cooperative Negotiation for Decentralized Resource Allocation in Autonomic Computing Systems
Resource allocation is a key problem in autonomic computing. In this paper we use a data center scenario to motivate the need for decentralization and cooperative negotiation, and...
Craig Boutilier, Rajarshi Das, Jeffrey O. Kephart,...