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SIGIR
2002
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Two-stage language models for information retrieval
The optimal settings of retrieval parameters often depend on both the document collection and the query, and are usually found through empirical tuning. In this paper, we propose ...
ChengXiang Zhai, John D. Lafferty
HUMO
2007
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Semi-Latent Dirichlet Allocation: A Hierarchical Model for Human Action Recognition
We propose a new method for human action recognition from video sequences using latent topic models. Video sequences are represented by a novel “bag-of-words” representation, w...
Yang Wang 0003, Payam Sabzmeydani, Greg Mori
IR
2008
14 years 9 months ago
An analysis on document length retrieval trends in language modeling smoothing
Abstract. Document length is widely recognized as an important factor for adjusting retrieval systems. Many models tend to favor the retrieval of either short or long documents and...
David E. Losada, Leif Azzopardi
CIKM
2009
Springer
15 years 4 months ago
Joint sentiment/topic model for sentiment analysis
Sentiment analysis or opinion mining aims to use automated tools to detect subjective information such as opinions, attitudes, and feelings expressed in text. This paper proposes ...
Chenghua Lin, Yulan He
CVPR
2009
IEEE
15 years 4 months ago
3D morphable face models revisited
In this paper we revisit the process of constructing a high resolution 3D morphable model of face shape variation. We demonstrate how the statistical tools of thin-plate splines a...
Ankur Patel, William A. P. Smith