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SIGIR
2005
ACM
15 years 8 months ago
Surrogate scoring for improved metasearch precision
We describe a method for improving the precision of metasearch results based upon scoring the visual features of documents' surrogate representations. These surrogate scores ...
Steven M. Beitzel, Eric C. Jensen, Ophir Frieder, ...
GECCO
2009
Springer
122views Optimization» more  GECCO 2009»
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Evolving symmetric and modular neural networks for distributed control
Problems such as the design of distributed controllers are characterized by modularity and symmetry. However, the symmetries useful for solving them are often difficult to determ...
Vinod K. Valsalam, Risto Miikkulainen
GECCO
2005
Springer
147views Optimization» more  GECCO 2005»
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Adaptive sizing of populations and number of islands in distributed genetic algorithms
Deciding the appropriate population size and number of islands for distributed island-model genetic algorithms is often critical to the algorithm’s success. This paper outlines ...
Johan Berntsson, Maolin Tang
SIGMETRICS
2004
ACM
105views Hardware» more  SIGMETRICS 2004»
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A model of BGP routing for network engineering
The performance of IP networks depends on a wide variety of dynamic conditions. Traffic shifts, equipment failures, planned maintenance, and topology changes in other parts of th...
Nick Feamster, Jared Winick, Jennifer Rexford
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SIGIR
2006
ACM
15 years 9 months ago
Learning user interaction models for predicting web search result preferences
Evaluating user preferences of web search results is crucial for search engine development, deployment, and maintenance. We present a real-world study of modeling the behavior of ...
Eugene Agichtein, Eric Brill, Susan T. Dumais, Rob...