3 papers
cond-mat.soft2025
Shape Characterization of Ferrous Burden Material of Blast Furnace Feed using Image Analysis
Arijit Chakrabarty, Aman Tripathi, Vimod Kumar +5
In this study, we attempt to characterize the shape of three different types of grains commonly used in the iron and steel-making industry, namely pellet, sinter and iron ore lump.…
cs.DS2025
Ads that Stick: Near-Optimal Ad Optimization through Psychological Behavior Models
Kailash Gopal Darmasubramanian, Akash Pareek, Arindam Khan +1
Optimizing the timing and frequency of ads is a central problem in digital advertising, with significant economic consequences. Existing scheduling policies rely on simple heuristi…
cs.IR2024
System-2 Recommenders: Disentangling Utility and Engagement in Recommendation Systems via Temporal Point-Processes
Arpit Agarwal, Nicolas Usunier, Alessandro Lazaric +1
Recommender systems are an important part of the modern human experience whose influence ranges from the food we eat to the news we read. Yet, there is still debate as to what exte…