We present a semantic caching approach for optimizing the performance of information mediators A critical problem with informa tion mediators particularly those gathering and integrating information from Web sources is a high query response time This is be cause the data needed to answer user queries is present across several di erent Web sources and in several pages within a source and re trie...

We consider stochastic bandit problems with a continuum set of arms and where the expected re-ward is a continuous and unimodal function of the arm. No further assumption is made regarding thesmoothness and the structure of the expected reward function. We propose Stochastic Pentachotomy(SP), an algorithm for which we derive finite-time regret upper bounds. In particular, we sho...

In previous work we developed a method of learning Bayesian Network models from raw data This method relies on the well known minimal description length MDL principle The MDL principle is particularly well suited to this task as it allows us to tradeo in a principled way the accuracy of the learned network against its practical usefulness In this paper we present some new results that have aris...

In the unidirectional conversion problem an on line player is given the task of converting dollars to yen over some period of time Each day a new exchange rate is announced and the player must decide how many dollars to convert His goal is to minimize the competitive ratio de ned as supE POPT E PX E where E ranges over exchange rate sequences POPT E is the number of yen obtained by an optimal o...

This position paper argues that the Baldwin effectis widely misunderstood by the evolutionarycomputation community. The misunderstandingsappear to fall into two general categories. Firstly,it is commonly believed that the Baldwin effect isconcerned with the synergy that results whenthere is an evolving population of learning indi-viduals. This is only half of the sto...

Different sectors are being revolutionized by distributed ledger technology. According to the 2022 market valuation, Hyperledger is now second-largest blockchain platform for smart contracts. The creation of numerous apps may be sped up and simplified with contracts, but there certain draw- backs as well. For instance, vulnerability contracts created intentionally weaken candor, employed conduc...

In this paper, we introduce and study a mixed variational inclusion problem involving infinite family of fuzzy mappings. An iterative algorithm is constructed for solving a mixed variational inclusion problem involving infinite family of fuzzy mappings and the convergence of iterative sequences generated by the proposed algorithm is proved. Some illustrative examples are also given.

this paper presents a genetic algorithm (ga) for solving a generalized model of single-item resource-constrained aggregate production planning (app) with linear cost functions. app belongs to a class of pro-duction planning problems in which there is a single production variable representing the total production of all products. we linearize a linear mixed-integer model of app subject to hiring...

Interactive mass customisation is changing practice in the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Future workflows software systems could address human-in-the-loop technology to augment human creative capacities. Early design stages require quick well-informed decisions response data available from building information modelling technology. Architectural de-sign has been tr...