no code implementations • 16 Jan 2017 • Azarbonyad Hosein, Dehghani Mostafa, Kenter Tom, Marx Maarten, Kamps Jaap, de Rijke Maarten
We propose a hierarchical re-estimation approach for topic models to combat generality and impurity; the proposed approach operates at three levels: words, topics, and documents.
no code implementations • 20 Nov 2016 • Olieman Alex, Kamps Jaap, Satyukov Gleb, de Valk Emil
With this work, we have taken a first step toward a semantic layout mode for topical user profiles.
no code implementations • 26 Jul 2016 • Kiseleva Julia, Tuzhilin Alexander, Kamps Jaap, Mueller Melanie J. I., Bernardi Lucas, Davis Chad, Kovacek Ivan, Einarsen Mats Stafseng, Hiemstra Djoerd
This paper investigates how, when we cannot rely on the user history, the large scale availability of other user interactions still allows us to build meaningful profiles from the contextual data and whether such contextual profiles are useful to customize the ranking, exemplified by data from a major online travel agentBooking. com. Our main findings are threefold: First, we characterize the Continuous Cold Start Problem(CoCoS) from the viewpoint of typical e-commerce applications.
no code implementations • 22 Dec 2015 • Kiseleva Julia, García Alejandro Montes, Kamps Jaap, Spirin Nikita
The main aim of this paper is to investigate the impact of high levels of technical domain expertise on both search behavior and task outcome.
no code implementations • 26 Sep 2015 • Olieman Alex, Kamps Jaap, Claros Rosa Merino
In this paper we present LocLinkVis (Locate-Link-Visualize); a system which supports exploratory information access to a document collection based on geo-referencing and visualization.