This paper describes the approaches and results of our system for the NTCIR-10 INTENT task. We present some methods for Subtopic Mining subtask and Document Ranking subtask. In the Subtopic Mining subtask, we employ a voting method to rank candidate subtopics and semantic resource HowNet was used to merge those candidate subtopics which may impact diversity. In the Document Ranking Subtask, we ...

Van Raan et al. (2010) accepted our critique for the case of journal normalization (previously CPP/JCSm); CWTS has in the meantime adapted its procedures. However, a new indicator was proposed for field normalization (previously CPP/FCSm), called the “mean normalized citation score” (MNCS; cf. Lundberg, 2007). In our opinion, this latter change does not sufficiently resolve the problems. Since ...

Let S be a dataset of n 2-dimensional points. The top-k dominating query aims to report the k points that dominate the most points in S . A point p dominates a point q iff all coordinates of p are smaller than or equal to those of q and at least one of them is strictly smaller. The top-k dominating query combines the dominance concept of maxima queries with the ranking function of top-k queries...

This paper introduces a qualitative ranking function that uses signed integers to describe the surprise associated with the occurrence of events. The measure introduced, κ, is based on the κ calculus but differs from it in that its semantics enable an explicit representation of complements. As a result, the κ is more capable of enforcing probability theory-like constraints to carry on reasoning.

This paper describes our participation in the Intent Mining track of NTCIR-11. We present our methods and results for both document ranking and subtopic mining. Our ranking methods are based on several data fusion techniques with some variations. Our subtopic mining method is a very simple technique that uses query dimensions’ items to form a subtopic

Expressed mate preferences provide unique windows into the cultural evolution of values and evolved mating psychology. The current study used two research instruments—one ranking procedure and one rating procedure—to examine mate preferences in mainland China. We compared modern Chinese (n = 1060) with Chinese studied a quarter of a century earlier (N = 500). Results revealed several cultural c...