Collaborative filtering (CF) allows the preferences of multiple users to be pooled to make recommendations regarding unseen products. We consider in this paper the problem of onl...
Craig Boutilier, Richard S. Zemel, Benjamin M. Mar...
We investigate the use of probabilistic models and cost-benefit analyses to guide the operation of a Web-based question-answering system. We first provide an overview of research ...
David Azari, Eric Horvitz, Susan T. Dumais, Eric B...
The paper explores the nature of professional intellect and the requirements for managing it, an area acknowledged as being under-researched. Five case studies in the professional ...
The Web page layout design is a complex and ill-structured problem where the evolving tasks, inadequate information processing capabilities, cognitivebiasesand socio-emotionalfacet...
Abdul Rahim Ahmad, Otman A. Basir, Khaled Hassanei...
The problem of reinforcement learning in large factored Markov decision processes is explored. The Q-value of a state-action pair is approximated by the free energy of a product o...