Divide-and-Evolve (DaE) is an original “memeticization” of Evolutionary Computation and Artificial Intelligence Planning. However, like any Evolutionary Algorithm, DaE has se...
: We consider two mechanisms to procure differentiated goods: the request for quote and an English auction with bidding credits. In the request for quote, each seller submits a pri...
In this paper a user evaluation is proposed to assess the effectiveness of systems based on multidimensional relevance assessment. First of all, we introduce our approach to multi...
This paper presents a vector space model approach, for representing documents and queries, using concepts instead of terms and WordNet as a light ontology. This way, information o...