Propagation of Question Waves by Means of Trust in a Social Network


Trias Mansilla A., de la Rosa Esteva J. L.

9th International Conference on Flexible Query Answering Systems (FQAS 2011), Ghent, Belçika, 26 - 28 Ekim 2011, cilt.7022, ss.186-197 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 7022
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Ghent
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Belçika
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.186-197
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

This paper proposes a model of behavior for agents who answer questions; the model works similarly to the way in which people interact in social networks and the agents behave differently depending on who asks a question; this behavior modulates the effort utilized in finding better answers for a given question. Our model also avoids consulting all acquaintances fact that can overload or overburden the contacts. However, since reducing the number of recipients might result in a poorer answer, we propose a behavior of consulting a small set of contacts and adding more recipients only if no relevant answer is found. The most promising result is that the first answer-in is probably the most relevant. The ordering the answers simply as they arrive gives the best ranking of answers. The new ranking is well-suited for real time question answering and avoids costly methods associated with re-ranking results.