A Unified Contextual Bandit Framework for Long- and Short-Term Recommendations

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A Unified Contextual Bandit Framework for Long- and Short-Term Recommendations. / Tavakol, Maryam; Brefeld, Ulf.
Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases: European Conference, ECML PKDD 2017 Skopje, Macedonia, September 18 – 22, 2017; Proceedings, Part II. ed. / Michelangelo Ceci; Jaakko Hollmen; Ljupco Todorovski; Celine Vens; Saso Dzeroski. Vol. 2 Springer, 2017. p. 269-284 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10535 LNAI).

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Tavakol, M & Brefeld, U 2017, A Unified Contextual Bandit Framework for Long- and Short-Term Recommendations. in M Ceci, J Hollmen, L Todorovski, C Vens & S Dzeroski (eds), Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases: European Conference, ECML PKDD 2017 Skopje, Macedonia, September 18 – 22, 2017; Proceedings, Part II. vol. 2, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 10535 LNAI, Springer, pp. 269-284, THE EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON MACHINE LEARNING & PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY IN DATABASES 2017, Skopje, Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of, 18.09.17. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71246-8_17

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Tavakol, M., & Brefeld, U. (2017). A Unified Contextual Bandit Framework for Long- and Short-Term Recommendations. In M. Ceci, J. Hollmen, L. Todorovski, C. Vens, & S. Dzeroski (Eds.), Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases: European Conference, ECML PKDD 2017 Skopje, Macedonia, September 18 – 22, 2017; Proceedings, Part II (Vol. 2, pp. 269-284). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10535 LNAI). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71246-8_17

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Tavakol M, Brefeld U. A Unified Contextual Bandit Framework for Long- and Short-Term Recommendations. In Ceci M, Hollmen J, Todorovski L, Vens C, Dzeroski S, editors, Machine Learning and Knowledge Discovery in Databases: European Conference, ECML PKDD 2017 Skopje, Macedonia, September 18 – 22, 2017; Proceedings, Part II. Vol. 2. Springer. 2017. p. 269-284. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-71246-8_17

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