... ranker performance with base-
line, localandglobal features. The reweighted lo-
cal features outperform the unweighted (“Naive”)
version, and the global approach outperforms the
local approach ... 1375–1384,
Portland, Oregon, June 19-24, 2011.
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Local andGlobalAlgorithmsfor Disambiguation to Wikipedia
Lev Ratinov
1
Dan Roth
1
Doug Downey
2
Mike Anderson
3
1
University ... analyze globalandlocal ap-
proaches to the D2W task. Our contributions are
as follows: (1) We present a formulation of the
D2W task as an optimization problem with local and
global variants, and...
...
integrates localandglobal coherence concerns.
Summary sentences are grouped before
ordering is applied on two levels: group-level
and sentence-level. Different algorithmsfor
grouping and ordering ... Student Session, pages 6–11,
Portland, OR, USA 19-24 June 2011.
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Sentence Ordering Driven by LocalandGlobal Coherence
for Summary Generation
Renxian ... accommodate
coherence on the two levels: local coherence and
global coherence, both of which are intriguing
topics in text linguistics and psychology. For
sentences, local coherence means the well-
connectedness...
... directive dialogues,
and still more concretely, the mechanisms needed
to understand interactions which present requests
and orders in such dialogues, on the one hand, and
the possible reactions, ... during
understanding. Proceedings of t he4th Annual
Conference of the Cognitive Science Society,
Ann Arbor, Hichigan, 1982.
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LOCAL ANDGLOBAL STRUCTURES IN DISCOURSE UNDERSTANDING
M. Koit, ... understanding to such
types of knowledge processing as problem solving
and planning (e.g., Black and Bower 1980, Wilensky
1981). Various types of content units and
structures needed to account for...
... definition:
If the productions at and are different
.
If the productions at and are the same, and
and are pre-terminals, then .
5
Else if the productions at and are the same
and and are not pre-terminals,
where ... is a sentence and each is the correct
tree for that sentence.
We assume some way of enumerating a set of
candidates for a particular sentence. We use to
denote the
’th candidate for the ’th sentence ... the ’th sentence in
training data, and to denote
the set of candidates for .
Without loss of generality we take to be the
correct candidate for (i.e., ).
Each candidate is represented by a feature
vector...
... “vote” for a candidate, and the candidate
which gets the most votes is returned as the most
likely candidate. See figure 4 for the algorithm.
5
5 Experiments
We applied the voted perceptron and boosting ... , , and . The val-
ues forand would be and (these
features are derived from The and Lennon, which re-
spectively do and don’t appear in the capitalization
lexicon). This would give QF=
and
QF2= ... the most probable candi-
date for each test data sentence, and then to calculate
precision and recall figures. Our aim is to come up
with strategies for reranking the test data candidates,
in such...
... is
s
sc
(t)=
0fort<t
drif t
,
1fort>t
drif t
.
We illustrate this in Fig. 3.9. For t<t
drif t
we assume no genetic drift, and for
t>t
drif t
all the remaining bits are randomly fixed. Therefore, ... the proportion of ones and zeros for for
the unconverged alleles x
g
i
,wherei>λ, is still 0.5, and therefore α does
not depend on λ. We also assume that the solving time for one allele stays
constant ... +
l
s
−1
λ=
2.8N
π
√
πm
1
2
for N<
5π
14
√
πml
s
,
α for N ≥
5π
14
√
πml
s
.
(3.22)
For large N, no genetic drift occurs and we get the same failure probability
as for the non-drift case (3.16). For small N...
... Katrin, and children,
Bailey and Max. They sacrificed time and energy so that this work could be
completed. I appreciate it and hope that the effort has been worthwhile.
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Algorithms for Image
Processing ... inspiration for the parallel computing
chapter, to Jeff Boyd, for introducing me repeatedly to OpenCV, and to Ralph
Huntsinger and Ghislain C. Vansteenkiste, for getting me into and successfully
out ... collection and new ideas for ways to use the code methods for
compiling on other systems and with other compilers.
I invite you to make suggestions through the website for subjects for new
chapters...
... sections:
• Practical considerations for HR and OD
practitioners in a global environment;
• Attracting and selecting global talent; and
• Maximizing performance in the global workplace.
Within each ... Jeffrey Jolton
Going Global
Practical Applications and
Recommendations for HR
and OD Professionals in
the Global Workplace
“The very concept of globalization is evolving, and this book provides ... support global organizations, and to
help businesses realize the value these practitioners hold.
Going Global: Practical Applications and Recommendations for
HR and OD Professionals in the Global...
... culture,
language, and so on, not to mention the time and effort required
for a cascaded rollout, communications strategy and plan, and
possibly training forlocal HR, managers, and employees.
Centers ... interaction and collaboration is with other local
employees, local culture is likely to be the dominant one.
Global Mergers
and Acquisitions
Global mergers and
acquisitions carry unique
challenges for ... effort. This regular dialogue secures critical local
ownership and sponsorship of the initiatives and their implemen-
tation. For instance, some organizations create global councils or
task forces...
... Vietnam, and Jordan
than in any Western country, such as Switzerland, Germany, the
United States, Sweden, and Finland.
There is a very important practical lesson here that inter-
national managers and ... Pakistan, and
Thailand. It is weakest in Norway, the United States, and Canada.
If this relatively new dimension is replicated and confirmed
in further studies, it may have serious implications for ... this and set cooperative goals and, when conflict
CHAPTER 3
Multicultural Teams:
Critical Team Processes
and Guidelines
C. Shawn Burke, Marissa L. Shuffler,
Eduardo Salas, and Michele Gelfand
In...
... save money and provide standard HR programs and processes
with shared technology platforms. However, standard approaches
may not work in a local region. How do organizations reconcile
standard policies ... customized locally in
order for them to have any impact or meaning to employees and
to the local business.
HR organizations are evolving to meet the needs of global busi-
ness and workforces. Recent ... 1987). Therefore, addressing this prior to team perfor-
mance can aid in reducing some of the misunderstandings and
communication failures that arise from differences in logic and
information storage...
... information at a local,
regional, country, andglobal level. The common technology
unites the organization in its mission and development goals
for its employees. Although most technology platforms ... the data results not only have local impact but global
as well. Locally the data will be reviewed by management and
employees and a local action plan will be built. Globally the results
are important ... business
needs and related human capital needs are identified, the spe-
cialist and generalist partnership often produces a very effective
solution.
Global Task Force
Creating a global task force of...
... social
networks and leverage informal methods, recruitment and hiring
is particular to the job in question. Three, managers must decide
if they want to delegate recruiting to local units, andfor which
levels ... attracts and hires over
20,000 people per year, operates more than 110 restaurants, and
is expanding nationally (Dessler, 2008). Infosys attracts and hires
over 24,000 people annually, and is expanding ... global then you’re hiring
in here [the United States] people who are immediately going
to go and work in The Hague and vice versa. So in essence you
wind up in a global job market and the standardization...