We propose a new approach to value-directed belief state approximationfor POMDPs. The valuedirected model allows one to choose approximation methods for belief state monitoringtha...
d Abstract] Robert Krauthgamer James R. Lee We present a simple deterministic data structure for maintaining a set S of points in a general metric space, while supporting proximit...
Collaborative filtering (CF) allows the preferences of multiple users to be pooled to make recommendations regarding unseen products. We consider in this paper the problem of onl...
Craig Boutilier, Richard S. Zemel, Benjamin M. Mar...
Abstract. In this paper we study traditional and enhanced BDDbased exploration procedures capable of handling large planning problems. On the one hand, reachability analysis and mo...
Motivated by the need to reason about utilities, and inspired by the success of bayesian networks in representing and reasoning about probabilities, we introduce the notion of uti...