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AAAI
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Lifted Probabilistic Inference with Counting Formulas
Lifted inference algorithms exploit repeated structure in probabilistic models to answer queries efficiently. Previous work such as de Salvo Braz et al.'s first-order variabl...
Brian Milch, Luke S. Zettlemoyer, Kristian Kerstin...
AAAI
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Markov Blanket Feature Selection for Support Vector Machines
Based on Information Theory, optimal feature selection should be carried out by searching Markov blankets. In this paper, we formally analyze the current Markov blanket discovery ...
Jianqiang Shen, Lida Li, Weng-Keen Wong
AAAI
2008
13 years 6 months ago
An Efficient Motion Planning Algorithm for Stochastic Dynamic Systems with Constraints on Probability of Failure
When controlling dynamic systems, such as mobile robots in uncertain environments, there is a trade off between risk and reward. For example, a race car can turn a corner faster b...
Masahiro Ono, Brian C. Williams
AAAI
2008
13 years 6 months ago
The Re-Representation Problem in a Logic-Based Framework for Analogy Making
Ulf Krumnack, Helmar Gust, Kai-Uwe Kühnberger...
AAAI
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Dormant Independence
The construction of causal graphs from non-experimental data rests on a set of constraints that the graph structure imposes on all probability distributions compatible with the gr...
Ilya Shpitser, Judea Pearl
AAAI
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Optimal Scheduling of Contract Algorithms with Soft Deadlines
A contract algorithm is an algorithm which is given, as part of its input, a specified amount of allowable computation time. In contrast, interruptible algorithms may be interrupt...
Spyros Angelopoulos, Alejandro López-Ortiz,...
AAAI
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Sketch Recognition Based on Manifold Learning
Current feature-based methods for sketch recognition systems rely on human-selected features. Certain machine learning techniques have been found to be good nonlinear features ext...
Heeyoul Choi, Tracy Hammond
AAAI
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Text Categorization with Knowledge Transfer from Heterogeneous Data Sources
Multi-category classification of short dialogues is a common task performed by humans. When assigning a question to an expert, a customer service operator tries to classify the cu...
Rakesh Gupta, Lev-Arie Ratinov
AAAI
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Resource Constrained Distributed Constraint Optimization with Virtual Variables
Cooperative problem solving with resource constraints are important in practical multi-agent systems. Resource constraints are necessary to handle practical problems including dis...
Toshihiro Matsui, Hiroshi Matsuo, Marius Silaghi, ...