INTERACTIVE MULTIFACTORIAL EVOLUTIONARY OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHM WITH MULTIDIMENSIONAL PREFERENCE SURROGATE MODELS FOR PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATION

Interactive Multifactorial Evolutionary Optimization Algorithm with Multidimensional Preference Surrogate Models for Personalized Recommendation

Interactive evolutionary algorithms (IEAs) coupled with a data-driven user surrogate model (USM) have recently been proposed for enhancing personalized recommendation performance.Since the USM relies on only one model to describe the full range of user preferences, existing USM-based IEAs have not investigated how knowledge migrates between prefere

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How do economic and public finance statuses affect policy responses during a pandemic? – learning from the COVID-19 first wave

Abstract Background In the time of a pandemic, it is typical for public health bodies to collaborate with epidemiologists to design health Headbands policies both at national and international levels for controlling the spread.A point largely overlooked in literature is the extent economic capability and public finance status can influence the poli

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The health and well-being of older people in Nairobi's slums

Background: Globally, it is estimated that people aged 60 and over constitute more than 11% of the population, with the corresponding proportion in developing countries being 8%.Rapid urbanisation in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), fuelled in part by rural–urban migration and a devastating HIV/AIDS epidemic, has altered the status of older people

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Life after medicalised conception: an interpretative phenomenological analysis study exploring the experiences of pregnancy and transition to parenthood

Abstract Background Pregnancy resulting from Medicalised Conception (MAC) is increasingly prevalent.In-Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) is the most common type of treatment which has been linked to increased pregnancy-specific anxiety and different approaches to parenting.This study explored the experiences of pregnancy and the transition to parenthood in

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