We consider the problem of optimally filtering (or rating) a set of items based on predicates (or scoring) requiring human evaluation. Filtering and rating are ubiquitous problems across crowdsourcing applications. We consider the setting where we are given a set of items and a set of worker responses for each item: yes/no in the case of filtering and an integer value in the case of rating. We ...

Personalization of Web search is to carry out retrieval for each user incorporating his/her interests. We propose a novel technique to construct personalized information retrieval model from the users’ clickthrough data and Web page ratings. This model builds on the userbased collaborative filtering technology and the top-N resource recommending algorithm, which consists of three parts: user pr...

O ne of the key topics and the most important tools to determine the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of each organization and company is the evaluation the performance of organizational activities that rating and ranking follows the internal and external goals. In this regard insurance companies similarly are looking for evaluation of their branches through scoring, ...

Previously, we published a video-based objective rating scale of tics that met reliability and validity criteria for measurement of five domains of tic disability. In the original form, the scale's metric properties did not permit internal comparison of each of the five domains of impairment and did not provide a total score for use as a primary outcome measure. In this study, we retained the o...

The procedures for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Network Neurobehavioral Scale includes a brief background, description of the examination, key concepts, a summary of the procedures, and order of administration of the items described in "packages," information about the testing kit, scoring issues, and summary scores. This is followed by presentation of the 115 items that are scored. Each it...

In this paper a heuristic computer-based approach is described to vary cooking recipes by replacing ingredients. Conceptually, the approach is integrated in a speech dialogue system. The approach is based on a scoring system. The score value is used to rate different ingredients as candidates to substitute a specific ingredient of a recipe. This substitution score depends on different factors: ...

BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to develop a rating tool for policy makers to prioritize breast cancer interventions in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs), based on a simple multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) approach. The definition and identification of criteria play a key role in MCDA, and our rating tool could be used as part of a broader priority setting exercise in ...

Scoring 895 out of a possible 1000 points, the Campanile, Rice yearbook, has won All American Honor rating, the highest honor attainable by college or university yearbooks. This ra t ing was given by the scholastic editor of the Department of Journalism a t the University of Minnesota, a f t e r an analysis of the Campanile of 1928. Four other rat ings are given on this method of scoring. They ...

The purpose of this work is to examine the relationship various financial and non-financial (qualitative) factors performance companies their credit ratings.
 We developed scoring model which was based on methodologies international Russian rating agencies. modelled ratings for 2018–2020 were compared with actual assigned by agencies discrepancies explained. sample includes from retail, pr...