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CORR
2002
Springer
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Question answering: from partitions to Prolog
Abstract. We implement Groenendijk and Stokhof's partition semantics of questions in a simple question answering algorithm. The algorithm is sound, complete, and based on tabl...
Balder ten Cate, Chung-chieh Shan
JOLLI
2006
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A Modal Interpretation of the Logic of Interrogation
We propose a novel interpretation of natural-language questions using a modal predicate logic of knowledge. Our approach brings standard model-theoretic and proof-theoretic techniq...
Rani Nelken, Chung-chieh Shan
CORR
2007
Springer
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Geometry and the complexity of matrix multiplication
We survey results in algebraic complexity theory, focusing on matrix multiplication. Our goals are (i.) to show how open questions in algebraic complexity theory are naturally pose...
J. M. Landsberg
BIOINFORMATICS
2006
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What should be expected from feature selection in small-sample settings
Motivation: High-throughput technologies for rapid measurement of vast numbers of biological variables offer the potential for highly discriminatory diagnosis and prognosis; howev...
Chao Sima, Edward R. Dougherty
AML
2006
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The Medvedev lattice of computably closed sets
Simpson introduced the lattice P of 0 1 classes under Medvedev reducibility. Questions regarding completeness in P are related to questions about measure and randomness. We presen...
Sebastiaan Terwijn
ECCC
2008
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Parallel Repetition in Projection Games and a Concentration Bound
In a two player game, a referee asks two cooperating players (who are not allowed to communicate) questions sampled from some distribution and decides whether they win or not base...
Anup Rao
DM
2010
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Knights, spies, games and ballot sequences
This paper solves the Knights and Spies Problem: In a room there are n people, each labelled with a unique number between 1 and n. A person may either be a knight or a spy. Knights...
Mark Wildon
FLAIRS
2003
13 years 5 months ago
Lessons Learned using CBR for Customer Support
Three CBR systems were created to improve customer support at General Electric Appliances. The first tool helped call takers answer customers’ questions by using a case base of ...
William Cheetham
EDM
2008
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13 years 6 months ago
A Preliminary Analysis of the Logged Questions that Students Ask in Introductory Computer Science
Asking questions is widely believed to contribute to student learning, but little is known about the questions that students ask or how to exploit them in tutorial interventions to...
Cecily Heiner
COLING
2008
13 years 6 months ago
Understanding and Summarizing Answers in Community-Based Question Answering Services
Community-based question answering (cQA) services have accumulated millions of questions and their answers over time. In the process of accumulation, cQA services assume that ques...
Yuanjie Liu, Shasha Li, Yunbo Cao, Chin-Yew Lin, D...