Essays about: "features"

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1. 1. Feature Selection for Microarray Data via Stochastic Approximation

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

   Author : Erik Rosvall; [2024-03-18]
   Keywords : feature selection; feature ranking; microarray data; stochastic approximation; Barzilai and Borwein method; Machine Learning; AI;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the challenge of feature selection (FS) in machine learning, which involves reducing the dimensionality of data. The selection of a relevant subset of features from a larger pool has demonstrated its effectiveness in enhancing the performance of various machine learning algorithms. READ MORE

3. 2. Messages from the deep: A reception study of Denis Villeneuve's Dune

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Sarah R. Kern; [2024-02-06]
   Keywords : Hegemony; Production Reception; Discourse; Dominant Negotiated Oppositional; Dune; Representation; Reception study; convergence culture; science fiction; participation culture; fandom;

   Abstract : This essay uses Pierre Bourdieus habitus, symbolic capital, Social fields, Stuart Halls representation theory and Encoding/Decoding system, as well as Henry Jenkins concept of convergence culture and media convergence, to conduct a reception study of Denis Villeneuves 2021 adaption of the science fiction movie Dune. The material collected for the reception study is collected in the form of reviews and features from experts in cinema, juxtaposed against material collected from YouTube in the form of reviews, reaction videos and video essays from social groups sectioned around cinephiles and science fiction fandom. READ MORE

4. 3. Constructing Spaces of Intervention in Gothenburg's Urban Periphery; The production of “vulnerable areas” in the City’s official documents

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Melissa Lennartsson; [2024-01-26]
   Keywords : Vulnerable areas; urban policy; place-making; advanced urban marginality; safety security nexus; neoliberalism; Gothenburg;

   Abstract : This study explores the construction of the “vulnerable area” by critically analyzing the assumptions, representations, and discourses that inform official documents targeting such neighborhoods. By conducting a qualitative content analysis on local policy produced in the City of Gothenburg, this thesis finds that such texts – through their imagination of space – produce “vulnerable areas” as spaces of intervention in need of extraordinary treatment. READ MORE

5. 4. Prevalent Discord. Exploring and estimating the prevalence of the type of user disagreement on news media Facebook posts discussing the Colombian peace process (2020-2022)

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Luis Felipe Villota Macias; [2024]
   Keywords : Agonistic peace; antagonism; big data analytics; binary logistic regression; computational content analysis; Colombia; Colombian peace process; discord; Facebook; machine learning; peace process; public opinion and sentiment; social media; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis is dedicated to exploring and understanding public reactions within negotiated peace settlements based on social media data. Concretely, to modeling public opinion and sentiment within the context of the Colombian peace process using a curated dataset of N= ~1. READ MORE

6. 5. Optimizing Flight Ranking:A Machine Learning Approach : Applying Machine Learning to Upgrade Flight Sorting and User Experience

   University essay from KTH/Hälsoinformatik och logistik

   Author : Habib Jabeli; [2024]
   Keywords : Machine Learning; Flight Comparison; Flygresor.se; Neural Networks; Flight Ranking; Random Forest; XGBoost;

   Abstract : Flygresor.se, a leading flight comparison platform, uses machine learning to rankflights based on their likelihood of being clicked. The main goal of this project was toimprove this flight sorting to obtain a better user experience. The platform's existingmodel is based on a neural network approach and a limited set of features. READ MORE