Evaluating algorithms for an expertise recommender system

This study evaluates two algorithms, Support Vector Machine and Bayesian Logistic Regression as applied to an Expertise Recommender System, and compares the results. The expertise area examined is academic research, the information being extracted from faculty web pages of universities world-wide. T...

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Main Author: Uma Manikantan
Other Authors: Goh, Dion Hoe Lian
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Published: 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/1907
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
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Summary:This study evaluates two algorithms, Support Vector Machine and Bayesian Logistic Regression as applied to an Expertise Recommender System, and compares the results. The expertise area examined is academic research, the information being extracted from faculty web pages of universities world-wide. The study is aimed at the ability of distinguishing subject specialisations within a main subject.