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SIGIR
2010
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Hierarchical pitman-yor language model for information retrieval
In this paper, we propose a new application of Bayesian language model based on Pitman-Yor process for information retrieval. This model is a generalization of the Dirichlet distr...
Saeedeh Momtazi, Dietrich Klakow
ECML
2007
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Separating Precision and Mean in Dirichlet-Enhanced High-Order Markov Models
Abstract. Robustly estimating the state-transition probabilities of highorder Markov processes is an essential task in many applications such as natural language modeling or protei...
Rikiya Takahashi
ATAL
2007
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Rumours and reputation: evaluating multi-dimensional trust within a decentralised reputation system
In this paper we develop a novel probabilistic model of computational trust that explicitly deals with correlated multi-dimensional contracts. Our starting point is to consider an...
Steven Reece, Alex Rogers, Stephen Roberts, Nichol...