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CIKM
2009
Springer
16 years 1 months ago
A machine learning approach for improved BM25 retrieval
Despite the widespread use of BM25, there have been few studies examining its effectiveness on a document description over single and multiple field combinations. We determine t...
Krysta Marie Svore, Christopher J. C. Burges
ESA
2009
Springer
144views Algorithms» more  ESA 2009»
16 years 1 months ago
Narrow-Shallow-Low-Light Trees with and without Steiner Points
We show that for every set S of n points in the plane and a designated point rt ∈ S, there exists a tree T that has small maximum degree, depth and weight. Moreover, for every po...
Michael Elkin, Shay Solomon
EUROGP
2009
Springer
125views Optimization» more  EUROGP 2009»
16 years 1 months ago
The Role of Population Size in Rate of Evolution in Genetic Programming
Abstract. Population size is a critical parameter that affects the performance of an Evolutionary Computation model. A variable population size scheme is considered potentially be...
Ting Hu, Wolfgang Banzhaf
NOSSDAV
2009
Springer
16 years 1 months ago
Adaptive overlay topology for mesh-based P2P-TV systems
In this paper, we propose a simple and fully distributed mechanism for constructing and maintaining the overlay topology in mesh-based P2P-TV systems. Our algorithm optimizes the ...
Richard John Lobb, Ana Paula Couto da Silva, Emili...
SLS
2009
Springer
243views Algorithms» more  SLS 2009»
16 years 29 days ago
Estimating Bounds on Expected Plateau Size in MAXSAT Problems
Stochastic local search algorithms can now successfully solve MAXSAT problems with thousands of variables or more. A key to this success is how effectively the search can navigate...
Andrew M. Sutton, Adele E. Howe, L. Darrell Whitle...