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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 08, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2012
Applicants:
Tian LU, Toronto, CA;
Craig Edgar Boutilier, Toronto, CA;
Inventors:
Tian Lu, Toronto, CA;
Craig Edgar Boutilier, Toronto, CA;
Assignee:
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06N 7/00 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30867 (2013.01); G06N 7/005 (2013.01); G06Q 30/0201 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for learning models of the preferences of members drawn from some population or group, utilizing arbitrary paired preferences of those members, in any commonly used ranking model are disclosed. These methods and systems utilize techniques for learning Mallows models, and mixtures thereof, from pairwise preference data.