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most citedAn Efficient Bandit Algorithm for Realtime Multivariate Optimization

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cs.LG2018★ 112 cited

An Efficient Bandit Algorithm for Realtime Multivariate Optimization

Daniel N Hill, Houssam Nassif, Yi Liu +2

Optimization is commonly employed to determine the content of web pages, such as to maximize conversions on landing pages or click-through rates on search engine result pages. Ofte…

q-bio.OT2018★ 10 cited

An Inductive Logic Programming Approach to Validate Hexose Binding Biochemical Knowledge

Houssam Nassif, Hassan Al-Ali, Sawsan Khuri +2

Hexoses are simple sugars that play a key role in many cellular pathways, and in the regulation of development and disease mechanisms. Current protein-sugar computational models ar…

cs.LG2018★ 10 cited

Contextual Multi-Armed Bandits for Causal Marketing

Neela Sawant, Chitti Babu Namballa, Narayanan Sadagopan +1

This work explores the idea of a causal contextual multi-armed bandit approach to automated marketing, where we estimate and optimize the causal (incremental) effects. Focusing on…

cs.MM2018★ 8 cited

Diversifying Music Recommendations

Houssam Nassif, Kemal Oral Cansizlar, Mitchell Goodman +1

We compare submodular and Jaccard methods to diversify Amazon Music recommendations. Submodularity significantly improves recommendation quality and user engagement. Unlike the Jac…

cs.IR2018★ 61 cited

Adaptive, Personalized Diversity for Visual Discovery

Choon Hui Teo, Houssam Nassif, Daniel Hill +4

Search queries are appropriate when users have explicit intent, but they perform poorly when the intent is difficult to express or if the user is simply looking to be inspired. Vis…