UAI
2003
13 years 5 months ago
2003
We consider the problem of learning a Riemannian metric associated with a given differentiable manifold and a set of points. Our approach to the problem involves choosing a metric...
UAI
2003
13 years 5 months ago
2003
Collaborative filtering is a very useful general technique for exploiting the preference patterns of a group of users to predict the utility of items to a particular user. Previou...
UAI
2003
13 years 5 months ago
2003
In this paper, we introduce a method for approximating the solution to inference and optimization tasks in uncertain and deterministic reasoning. Such tasks are in general intract...
UAI
2003
13 years 5 months ago
2003
UAI
2003
13 years 5 months ago
2003
We analyze a new property of directed acyclic graphs (DAGs), called layerwidth, arising from a class of DAGs proposed by Eiter and Lukasiewicz. This class of DAGs permits certain ...
UAI
2003
13 years 5 months ago
2003
Loopy and generalized belief propagation are popular algorithms for approximate inference in Markov random fields and Bayesian networks. Fixed points of these algorithms correspo...
UAI
2003
13 years 5 months ago
2003
We introduce a logic for reasoning about evidence that essentially views evidence as a function from prior beliefs (before making an observation) to posterior beliefs (after makin...
UAI
2003
13 years 5 months ago
2003
Real-world distributed systems and networks are often unreliable and subject to random failures of its components. Such a stochastic behavior affects adversely the complexity of o...
UAI
2003
13 years 5 months ago
2003
This paper examines a number of solution methods for decision processes with non-Markovian rewards (NMRDPs). They all exploit a temporal logic specification of the reward functio...
UAI
2003
13 years 5 months ago
2003