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20182023
most citedRecommender Systems for Configuration Knowledge Engineering

19 citations · 62 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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18 papers

cs.AI2023

Solving Multi-Configuration Problems: A Performance Analysis with Choco Solver

Benjamin Ritz, Alexander Felfernig, Viet-Man Le +1

In many scenarios, configurators support the configuration of a solution that satisfies the preferences of a single user. The concept of \emph{multi-configuration} is based on the…

cs.IR2023★ 2 cited

Concentrating on the Impact: Consequence-based Explanations in Recommender Systems

Sebastian Lubos, Thi Ngoc Trang Tran, Seda Polat Erdeniz +4

Recommender systems assist users in decision-making, where the presentation of recommended items and their explanations are critical factors for enhancing the overall user experien…

cs.AI2023★ 13 cited

FastDiagP: An Algorithm for Parallelized Direct Diagnosis

Viet-Man Le, Cristian Vidal Silva, Alexander Felfernig +3

Constraint-based applications attempt to identify a solution that meets all defined user requirements. If the requirements are inconsistent with the underlying constraint set, algo…

cs.AI2023

Conjunctive Query Based Constraint Solving For Feature Model Configuration

Alexander Felfernig, Viet-Man Le, Sebastian Lubos

Feature model configuration can be supported on the basis of various types of reasoning approaches. Examples thereof are SAT solving, constraint solving, and answer set programming…

cs.AI2021

Configuring Multiple Instances with Multi-Configuration

Alexander Felfernig, Andrei Popescu, Mathias Uta +5

Configuration is a successful application area of Artificial Intelligence. In the majority of the cases, configuration systems focus on configuring one solution (configuration) tha…

cs.SE2021

AI Techniques for Software Requirements Prioritization

Alexander Felfernig

Aspects such as limited resources, frequently changing market demands, and different technical restrictions regarding the implementation of software requirements (features) often d…

cs.IR2021★ 2 cited

Designing Explanations for Group Recommender Systems

A. Felfernig, N. Tintarev, T. N. T. Trang +1

Explanations are used in recommender systems for various reasons. Users have to be supported in making (high-quality) decisions more quickly. Developers of recommender systems want…

cs.IR2021

An Overview of Direct Diagnosis and Repair Techniques in the WeeVis Recommendation Environment

Alexander Felfernig, Stefan Reiterer, Martin Stettinger +1

Constraint-based recommenders support users in the identification of items (products) fitting their wishes and needs. Example domains are financial services and electronic equipmen…

cs.AI2021★ 1 cited

CoreDiag: Eliminating Redundancy in Constraint Sets

Alexander Felfernig, Christoph Zehentner, Paul Blazek

Constraint-based environments such as configuration systems, recommender systems, and scheduling systems support users in different decision making scenarios. These environments ex…

cs.AI2021

Anytime Diagnosis for Reconfiguration

Alexander Felfernig, Rouven Walter, Jose A. Galindo +4

Many domains require scalable algorithms that help to determine diagnoses efficiently and often within predefined time limits. Anytime diagnosis is able to determine solutions in s…

cs.AI2021

An Efficient Diagnosis Algorithm for Inconsistent Constraint Sets

Alexander Felfernig, Monika Schubert, Christoph Zehentner

Constraint sets can become inconsistent in different contexts. For example, during a configuration session the set of customer requirements can become inconsistent with the configu…

cs.SE2021

Towards Utility-based Prioritization of Requirements in Open Source Environments

Alexander Felfernig, Martin Stettinger, Müslüm Atas +5

Requirements Engineering in open source projects such as Eclipse faces the challenge of having to prioritize requirements for individual contributors in a more or less unobtrusive…

cs.IR2021★ 19 cited

Recommender Systems for Configuration Knowledge Engineering

Alexander Felfernig, Stefan Reiterer, Martin Stettinger +3

The knowledge engineering bottleneck is still a major challenge in configurator projects. In this paper we show how recommender systems can support knowledge base development and m…

cs.IR2021

KnowledgeCheckR: Intelligent Techniques for Counteracting Forgetting

Martin Stettinger, Trang Tran, Ingo Pribik +5

Existing e-learning environments primarily focus on the aspect of providing intuitive learning contents and to recommend learning units in a personalized fashion. The major focus o…

cs.AI2021★ 3 cited

Consistency-based Merging of Variability Models

Mathias Uta, Alexander Felfernig, Gottfried Schenner +1

Globally operating enterprises selling large and complex products and services often have to deal with situations where variability models are locally developed to take into accoun…

cs.IR2021★ 14 cited

An Overview of Recommender Systems and Machine Learning in Feature Modeling and Configuration

Alexander Felfernig, Viet-Man Le, Andrei Popescu +3

Recommender systems support decisions in various domains ranging from simple items such as books and movies to more complex items such as financial services, telecommunication equi…

cs.SE2021★ 5 cited

DirectDebug: Automated Testing and Debugging of Feature Models

Viet-Man Le, Alexander Felfernig, Mathias Uta +3

Variability models (e.g., feature models) are a common way for the representation of variabilities and commonalities of software artifacts. Such models can be translated to a logic…

cs.SE2018★ 3 cited

Needs and Challenges for a Platform to Support Large-scale Requirements Engineering. A Multiple Case Study

Davide Fucci, Cristina Palomares, Dolors Costal +12

Background: Requirement engineering is often considered a critical activity in system development projects. The increasing complexity of software, as well as number and heterogenei…