Similarity Predicts Cross-National Social Preferences

Cross-Modal Similarity Learning via Pairs, Preferences, and Active Supervision

We present a probabilistic framework for learning pairwise similarities between objects belonging to different modalities, such as drugs and proteins, or text and images. Our framework is based on learning a binary code based representation for objects in each modality, and has the following key properties: (i) it can leverage both pairwise as well as easy-to-obtain relative preference based cr...

Cross-national interaction and cultural similarity: A relational analysis

The study examines the relationship between the structure of cross-national relations and the dyadic cultural similarity of 19 countries over 10 years, based on the assumption that patterns of interaction between state, private sector, and civil society actors influence national cultures. The relations analyzed include trade, military alliances, IGO memberships, phone calls, and military confli...

Social Preferences

This paper surveys the theories of social preferences. Social preferences are based on that people not only care about their own well-being, but they have a certain concern with payo¤s and/or actions of others. We classify two approaches: distributional and intention-based models, and later discuss models that combine both theories. In order to provide a better illustration of the discussed mod...

National income inequality predicts women's preferences for masculinized faces better than health does.

Social and Location Analysis for Similarity Assessment: Multiparameter Social Search Based on Social Preferences and User Movements

1 Mobility Analysis for Passive Reservations in Vehicular Cellular Networks Based on Dynamic Programming and Roads Compression; Peppino Fazio, D.I.M.E.S. Department, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy Mauro Tropea, D.I.M.E.S. Department, University of Calabria, Rende, Italy Miroslav Voznak, VSB Technical University of Ostrava, Poruba, Czech Republic Andrea Lupia, D.I.M.E.S. Department, Univer...