Abstract. In this paper, we propose an approach for solving hierarchical multi-objective optimization problems (MOPs). In realistic MOPs, two main challenges have to be considered:...
t] Based on the mutation matrix formalism and past statistics of genetic algorithm, a Markov Chain transition probability matrix is introduced to provide a guided search for comple...
This paper proposes a system to facilitate exchange of information by automatically finding experts, competent in answering a given question. Our objective is to provide an onlin...
This paper reports on and discusses a set of user experiments using the TREC 2003 Web interactive track protocol. The focus is on comparing humans and machine algorithms in terms ...
Mingfang Wu, Gheorghe Muresan, Alistair McLean, Mu...
This paper develops and analyzes distributed search techniques for use in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network-based Information Retrieval (IR) system. In the absence of a centralized med...
Haizheng Zhang, W. Bruce Croft, Brian Neil Levine,...