scholarly journals Interpretable Recommendation via Attraction Modeling: Learning Multilevel Attractiveness over Multimodal Movie Contents

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Hu ◽  
Songlei Jian ◽  
Longbing Cao ◽  
Qingkui Chen
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Categorical Data ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
User Selection ◽  
Textual Data ◽  
Online Videos ◽  
Attraction Model ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Selection Of

New contents like blogs and online videos are produced in every second in the new media age. We argue that attraction is one of the decisive factors for user selection of new contents. However, collaborative filtering cannot work without user feedback; and the existing content-based recommender systems are ineligible to capture and interpret the attractive points on new contents. Accordingly, we propose attraction modeling to learn and interpret user attractiveness. Specially, we build a multilevel attraction model (MLAM) over the content features -- the story (textual data) and cast members (categorical data) of movies. In particular, we design multilevel personal filters to calculate users' attractiveness on words, sentences and cast members at different levels. The experimental results show the superiority of MLAM over the state-of-the-art methods. In addition, a case study is provided to demonstrate the interpretability of MLAM by visualizing user attractiveness on a movie.

scholarly journals A look-ahead Monte Carlo simulation method for improving parental selection in trait introgression

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Saba Moeinizade ◽  
Ye Han ◽  
Hieu Pham ◽  
Guiping Hu ◽  
Lizhi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Multiple Trait ◽  
Look Ahead ◽  
Probability Of Success ◽  
Genetic Distribution ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Trait Introgression

AbstractMultiple trait introgression is the process by which multiple desirable traits are converted from a donor to a recipient cultivar through backcrossing and selfing. The goal of this procedure is to recover all the attributes of the recipient cultivar, with the addition of the specified desirable traits. A crucial step in this process is the selection of parents to form new crosses. In this study, we propose a new selection approach that estimates the genetic distribution of the progeny of backcrosses after multiple generations using information of recombination events. Our objective is to select the most promising individuals for further backcrossing or selfing. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method, a case study has been conducted using maize data where our method is compared with state-of-the-art approaches. Simulation results suggest that the proposed method, look-ahead Monte Carlo, achieves higher probability of success than existing approaches. Our proposed selection method can assist breeders to efficiently design trait introgression projects.

scholarly journals The Methodology of Landscape Quality (LQ) Indicators Analysis Based on Remote Sensing Data: Polish National Parks Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2810
Author(s):  
Barbara Sowińska-Świerkosz ◽  
Malwina Michalik-Śnieżek
Keyword(s):  
Protected Areas ◽  
National Parks ◽  
Remote Sensing Data ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Spatial Unit ◽  
Problematic Issue ◽  
Landscape Quality ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Selection Of

Landscape quality (LQ) encompasses diverse characteristic of the natural and cultural environment. The most effective tool to analyze LQ is the use of indicators. The main problem in the assessment of LQ is not the lack of indicators, but its multitude. That is why, the indicators’ categorization is a problematic issue. The paper aims to introduce and test the methodology for selecting the suitable indicators based on the example of two national parks located in the south-east part of Poland. The method composed of the following stages: (1) Selection of spatial units being analyzed; (2) selection of indicators type(s); (3) selection of specific indicators; (4) calculation of indicator set no 1; (5) analysis of the correlation between indicators’ pairs; (6) selection of a final set of indicators; (7) analysis of effectiveness. The latter stage, refers to the statistical analysis of significance between results obtained dependently on the data sources, a spatial unit of analysis and analyzed regions. The results showed that the categorization composed of ten, mainly composite indicators, can be applied to conclude on different levels of LQ of protected areas. The differences between two analyzed data sources, different spatial units, as well as diverse regions, occurred to be statistically insignificant. Generally, the results of the effectiveness analysis showed that a final categorization of LQ indicators is adequate to conclude on the diverse dimensions of LQ of analyzed protected areas.

Airstrip Site Selection in Coastal Labrador

1981 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-25
Author(s):  
J. D. Innes ◽  
E. H. Smith ◽  
Allan Fiander
Keyword(s):  
Site Selection ◽  
Coastal Area ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Geometric Design ◽  
Digital Mapping ◽  
Data Requirements ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Design Techniques

This paper examines a case study of the selection of nine airstrip sites in the coastal area of Labrador. The procedure used involved the procurement of better mapping for the site selection process. The benefits of this process are examined in the context of the data requirements for good airstrip selection. The site selection process is then examined utilizing state of the art digital mapping and computerized geometric design techniques.

Sediment source identification: a review and a case study in some Canadian streamsThis paper is one of a selection of papers in this Special Issue in honour of Professor M. Selim Yalin (1925–2007).

2009 ◽  
Vol 36 (10) ◽  
pp. 1622-1633 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bommanna G. Krishnappan ◽  
Patricia A. Chambers ◽  
Glenn Benoy ◽  
Joseph Culp
Keyword(s):  
Source Identification ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Control Strategies ◽  
Agricultural Watersheds ◽  
Sediment Source ◽  
Sediment Control ◽  
Adverse Impacts ◽  
Identification Techniques ◽  
Selection Of

The state-of-the-art of sediment source identification is reviewed in this paper. Sediment “fingerprinting” techniques using different “fingerprint” properties were examined. With these techniques, it is possible to identify potential sources of sediment transported in river systems. Such knowledge is useful for implementing sediment control strategies to limit sediment production from upland areas in a watershed as well as for developing guidelines for land use practices to minimize adverse impacts on surface and ground water resources in agricultural watersheds. Examples of sediment source identification techniques that were carried out in agricultural watersheds in different parts of the world were also included in the present review.

scholarly journals Picture Fuzzy ARAS Method for Freight Distribution Concept Selection

Symmetry ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 1062 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Jovčić ◽  
Vladimir Simić ◽  
Petr Průša ◽  
Momčilo Dobrodolac
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Evaluation Criteria ◽  
Third Party ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Third Party Logistics ◽  
Concept Selection ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
The Third ◽  
Selection Of

Companies can perform their freight distribution in three different ways. The first concept, the in-house concept, represents the use of a company’s own resources and knowledge to organize transportation from the production to retailers or from the warehouse to customers. The opposite concept is to outsource distribution activities by hiring third-party logistics providers. The third concept represents a combination of the previous two. Although the arguments in favor of outsourcing can be found in the literature, an appropriate selection of a freight distribution concept is specific for each company and depends on many evaluation criteria and their symmetrical roles. This paper presents a methodology that can be used by companies that need to choose their freight distribution concept. An advanced extension of the Additive Ratio ASsessment (ARAS) method is developed to solve the freight distribution concept selection problem. To illustrate the implementation of the proposed methodology, a tire manufacturing company from the Czech Republic is taken as a case study. However, the proposed picture fuzzy ARAS method is general and can be used by any other company. To validate the novel picture fuzzy ARAS method, a comparative analysis with the nine existing state-of-the-art picture fuzzy multi-criteria decision-making methods is provided.

scholarly journals Evolutionary Convolutional Neural Network: a case study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Lucas Pereira ◽  
Manoela Kohler ◽  
Marco Aurélio C. Pacheco
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Convolutional Neural Network ◽  
Network Architecture ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Search Problem ◽  
Original Network ◽  
Selection Of

Most of the state-of-the-art Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) architectures are manually crafted by experts, usually with background knowledge from extent working experience in this research field. Therefore, this manner of designing CNNs is highly limited and many approaches have been developed to try to make this procedure more automatic. This paper presents a case study in tackling the architecture search problem by using a Genetic Algorithm (GA) to optimize an existing CNN Architecture. The proposed methodology uses VGG-16 convolutional blocks as its building blocks and each individual from the GA corresponds to a possible model built from these blocks with varying filter sizes, keeping fixed the original network architecture connections. The selection of the fittest individuals are done according to their weighted F1-Score when training from scratch on the available data. To evaluate the best individual found from the proposed methodology, the performance is compared to a VGG-16 model trained from scratch on the same data.

scholarly journals Navigating features: a topologically informed chart of electromyographic features space

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (137) ◽  
pp. 20170734 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angkoon Phinyomark ◽  
Rami N. Khushaba ◽  
Esther Ibáñez-Marcelo ◽  
Alice Patania ◽  
Erik Scheme ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
State Of The Art ◽  
Feature Space ◽  
Classification Problem ◽  
Biological Variability ◽  
Class Separability ◽  
Similar Information ◽  
Set Identification ◽  
Optimal Feature ◽  
Selection Of

The success of biological signal pattern recognition depends crucially on the selection of relevant features. Across signal and imaging modalities, a large number of features have been proposed, leading to feature redundancy and the need for optimal feature set identification. A further complication is that, due to the inherent biological variability, even the same classification problem on different datasets can display variations in the respective optimal sets, casting doubts on the generalizability of relevant features. Here, we approach this problem by leveraging topological tools to create charts of features spaces. These charts highlight feature sub-groups that encode similar information (and their respective similarities) allowing for a principled and interpretable choice of features for classification and analysis. Using multiple electromyographic (EMG) datasets as a case study, we use this feature chart to identify functional groups among 58 state-of-the-art EMG features, and to show that they generalize across three different forearm EMG datasets obtained from able-bodied subjects during hand and finger contractions. We find that these groups describe meaningful non-redundant information, succinctly recapitulating information about different regions of feature space. We then recommend representative features from each group based on maximum class separability, robustness and minimum complexity.

scholarly journals A Look-ahead Monte Carlo Simulation Method for Improving Parental Selection in Trait Introgression

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saba Moeinizade ◽  
Ye Han ◽  
Hieu Pham ◽  
Guiping Hu ◽  
Lizhi Wang
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Multiple Trait ◽  
Look Ahead ◽  
Probability Of Success ◽  
Genetic Distribution ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Trait Introgression

ABSTRACTMultiple trait introgression is the process by which multiple desirable traits are converted from a donor to a recipient cultivar through backcrossing and selfing. The goal of this procedure is to recover all the attributes of the recipient cultivar, with the addition of the specified desirable traits. A crucial step in this process is the selection of parents to form new crosses. In this study, we propose a new selection approach that estimates the genetic distribution of the progeny of backcrosses after multiple generations using information of recombination events. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method, a case study has been conducted using maize data where our method is compared with state-of-the-art approaches. Simulation results suggest that the proposed method, look-ahead Monte Carlo, achieves higher probability of success than existing approaches.

scholarly journals ANALISIS PEMILIHAN SUPPLIER MENGGUNAKAN METODE ANALYTICAL NETWORK PROCESS (ANP) PADA PENGADAAN KOMPONEN RAIL PAD 158-7 (STUDI KASUS : PT PINDAD (PERSERO))

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Arfan Bakhtiar ◽  
Dewita Rahmadani ◽  
Deliana Lathuihamalo ◽  
Bagus Maulana
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supplier Selection ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Strategic Decisions ◽  
Analytical Network Process ◽  
Network Process ◽  
Selection Decision ◽  
Different Levels ◽  
Selection Of

Pemilihan supplier merupakan salah satu keputusan strategis dalam manajemen rantai pasok yang berpengaruh terhadap peningkatan keunggulan kompetitif suatu perusahaan. Setiap pabrikan perlu memiliki kriteria standar dalam pemilihan supplier sesuai dengan kebutuhan perusahaan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah mengetahui kriteria-kriteria yang paling berpengaruh dan urutan alternatif supplier Rail Pad 158-7 terbaik yang bisa digunakan untuk menjadi bahan pertimbangan oleh PT. Pindad (Persero) dalam memilih supplier di masa yang akan datang. Bobot dan prioritas kriteria yang diuji dengan Metode Analytical Network Process (ANP) juga dimaksudkan untuk memunculkan hubungan timbal balik yang saling berpengaruh antar kriteria. ANP dapat digunakan untuk membantu membuat keputusan untuk memilih supplier dan untuk mengelola kinerja rantai pasokan. Makalah ini menunjukkan kriteria yang mempengaruhi keputusan pemilihan suatu supplier yaitu faktor biaya, delivery, kualitas, dan service sebagai prioritas utama produksi perusahaan. Adapun jika terdapat perbedaan maka perbedaan perspektif dipengaruhi oleh tingkat minat dan tanggung jawab yang berbeda. Perbedaan penilaian ini membentuk dasar pengambilan keputusan dan kebijakan strategis rantai pasokan sesuai dengan kondisi perusahaan. Abstract [Analysis of Supplier Selection Using Analytical Network Process (ANP) Method in Procurement of Rail Pad 158-7 Components (Case Study: PT. Pindad (Persero))] Supplier selection is one of the strategic decisions in supply chain management that affects the improvement of a company's competitive advantage. Each manufacturer needs to have standard criteria in the selection of suppliers according to company needs. The purpose of this paper is to find out the most influential criteria and the best alternative order of Rail Pad 158-7 suppliers that can be used as a material for consideration by PT PINDAD (Persero) in selecting future suppliers. The weight and priority of the criteria tested by the Analytical Network Process (ANP) Method are also intended to bring up mutually influential relationships between criteria. ANP can be used to help make decisions to choose suppliers and to manage supply chain performance. This paper shows the criteria that influence a supplier selection decision, which are cost, delivery, quality, and service as the main priority of the company's production. As for if there are differences, differences in perspective are influenced by different levels of interest and responsibility. This difference in valuation forms the basis of supply chain strategic decision-making and policy according to company conditions.Key words: ANP; Criteria; MCDM; Supplier

Topik-Topik Komunikasi Dakwah Dalam Mesej Akidah Kepada Masyarakat Orang Asli di Selangor

Sains Insani ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 15-21
Author(s):  
Zulkefli Aini ◽  
Abdul Ghafar Don ◽  
Ahmad Irdha Mokhtar ◽  
Nur Uswah Ahmad Fauzi
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Study Design ◽  
Verbal Feedback ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Orang Asli ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
Beliefs And Practice ◽  
Islamic Faith ◽  
Selection Of

One of the factors that can affect a person's behavior is a communication message. In the context of the da`wah, preachers who involved actively in da`wah communication with the Orang Asli should be able to ensure that the message conveyed can be understood by the target group. In addition, the selection of the correct messages of da`wah based on the foremost priority simplify the process of sharing information between the preachers and the Orang Asli. Accordingly, this article aims to identify specific topics of Islamic faith (akidah) submitted by the Orang Asli in the process of da`wah communication and to identify verbal feedback given by the preachers to the Orang Asli of the topics. This qualitative study using case study design and data was collected through semi-structured interviews. Interviews involving nine preachers were active in da`wah activity to the Orang Asli community in Selangor. Data were analyzed thematically according to the specified objectives. The study found that the topics frequently raised by the Orang Asli is concerned about belief in Allah, belief in Malaikat, and belief in Qada' and Qadar. The topics may be found within the framework of worldview in their beliefs and practice of ancient traditions. Therefore, the preachers gave verbal feedback on these topics is based on a clear and precise sample corresponding to the level of their thinking. The emphasis on these topics is very important to strengthen and purify the faith of the community.Keywords: Communication; Message; Preacher; Indigenous community Abstrak: Elemen mesej dalam komunikasi merupakan salah satu faktor yang dapat memberi kesan terhadap perubahan tingkah laku seseorang. Dalam konteks dakwah, pendakwah yang terlibat dalam proses komunikasi dakwah dengan Orang Asli seharusnya berkebolehan memastikan kandungan mesej yang disampaikan boleh difahami oleh sasaran dakwahnya. Di samping itu, pemilihan mesej dakwah yang betul mengikut keutamaan memudahkan proses perkongsian maklumat antara pendakwah dengan Orang Asli. Sehubungan dengan itu, artikel ini bertujuan untuk mengenalpasti topik-topik tertentu dalam mesej akidah yang dikemukakan oleh masyarakat Orang Asli kepada pendakwah dan mengenalpasti maklum balas lisan yang diberikan oleh pendakwah kepada Orang Asli terhadap topik tersebut. Kajian kualitatif ini menggunakan reka bentuk kajian kes dengan pengumpulan data melalui temu bual separa struktur. Temu bual melibatkan sembilan orang pendakwah yang aktif dalam aktiviti dakwah masyarakat Orang Asli di Selangor. Data kajian dianalisis secara tematik mengikut objektif yang ditentukan. Kajian ini mendapati bahawa topik-topik yang sering dikemukan oleh Orang Asli kepada pendakwah dalam penyampaian mesej akidah ialah berkenaan tentang keimanan kepada Allah SWT, keimanan kepada malaikat, dan keimanan kepada qada’ dan qadar. Topik-topik berkenaan didapati berada dalam kerangka worldview kepercayaan dan amalan tradisi mereka. Sehubungan dengan itu, pendakwah memberikan maklum balas lisan terhadap topik-topik tersebut adalah berdasarkan keterangan yang jelas dan contoh yang tepat bersesuaian dengan tahap pemikiran mereka. Penekanan terhadap topik-topik tersebut merupakan perkara yang penting dalam rangka mengukuhkan dan memurnikan akidah masyarakat Orang Asli.Kata kunci: Komunikasi; Mesej; Pendakwah; Komuniti Orang Asli

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