We examine a class of wagering mechanisms designed to elicit truthful predictions from a group of people without requiring any outside subsidy. We propose a number of desirable pr...
Nicolas S. Lambert, John Langford, Jennifer Wortma...
Models carry the meaning of science. This puts a tremendous burden on the process of model selection. In general practice, models are selected on the basis of their relative goodne...
Mark L. Taper, David F. Staples, Bradley B. Shepar...
Producing reliable information is the ultimate goal of data processing. The ocean of data created with the advances of science and technologies calls for integration of data comin...
This paper provides an overview of methods and systems developed for record linkage. Modern record linkage begins with the pioneering work of Newcombe and is especially based on t...
We identify and address a fundamental general problem which we regard as crucial for the widespread, effective use of decision support systems (DSS) in the future: how can we subs...