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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2008
Varun Bhagwan, San Jose, CA (US);
Tyrone Wilberforce Andre Grandison, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel Frederick Gruhl, San Jose, CA (US);
Jan Hendrik Pieper, San Jose, CA (US);
Varun Bhagwan, San Jose, CA (US);
Tyrone Wilberforce Andre Grandison, San Jose, CA (US);
Daniel Frederick Gruhl, San Jose, CA (US);
Jan Hendrik Pieper, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a system and method for determining preferences from information mashups and, in particular, a system and method for constructing a ranked list from multiple sources. In an exemplary embodiment, the system and method tunably combines multiple ranked lists by computing a score for each item within the list, wherein the score is a function of the associated rank of the item within the list. In one exemplary embodiment, the function is equal to 1/(n^(1/p)), where p is a tuning parameter that enables selection between responsiveness in the combined ranking to one candidate ranked highly in one source versus responsiveness in the combined ranking to a candidate with lower but broader support among the various sources ranking the candidates.