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Pairwise versus Pointwise Ranking: A Case Study

Publication date: 24.03.2017

Schedae Informaticae, 2016, Volume 25, pp. 73 - 83

https://doi.org/10.4467/20838476SI.16.006.6187

Authors

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Vitalik Melnikov
Department of Computer Science Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn
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Pritha Gupta
Department of Computer Science Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn
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Bernd Frick
Faculty of Business Administration and Economics Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn
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Daniel Kaimann
Faculty of Business Administration and Economics Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn
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Eyke Hüllermeier
Department of Computer Science Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn
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Titles

Pairwise versus Pointwise Ranking: A Case Study

Abstract

Object ranking is one of the most relevant problems in the realm of preference learning and ranking. It is mostly tackled by means of two different techniques, often referred to as pairwise and pointwise ranking. In this paper, we present a case study in which we systematically compare two representatives of these techniques, a method based on the reduction of ranking to binary classification and so-called expected rank regression (ERR). Our experiments are meant to complement existing studies in this field, especially previous evaluations of ERR. And indeed, our results are not fully in agreement with previous findings and partly support different conclusions.

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Information

Information: Schedae Informaticae, 2016, Volume 25, pp. 73 - 83

Article type: Original article

Titles:

Polish:

Pairwise versus Pointwise Ranking: A Case Study

English:

Pairwise versus Pointwise Ranking: A Case Study

Authors

Department of Computer Science Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn

Department of Computer Science Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn

Faculty of Business Administration and Economics Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn

Faculty of Business Administration and Economics Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn

Department of Computer Science Paderborn University Warburger Str. 100, 33098 Paderborn

Published at: 24.03.2017

Article status: Open

Licence: None

Percentage share of authors:

Vitalik Melnikov (Author) - 20%
Pritha Gupta (Author) - 20%
Bernd Frick (Author) - 20%
Daniel Kaimann (Author) - 20%
Eyke Hüllermeier (Author) - 20%

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