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The challenge of balancing user relevance and content diversity in recommender systems is increasingly critical amid growing concerns about content homogeneity and reduced user engagement. In this work, we propose a novel framework that…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2025-06-30 Hiba Bederina , Jill-Jênn Vie

Quality-Diversity (QD) algorithms constitute a branch of optimization that is concerned with discovering a diverse and high-quality set of solutions to an optimization problem. Current QD methods commonly maintain diversity by dividing the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-05 Saeed Hedayatian , Stefanos Nikolaidis

Interactive intelligent systems, i.e., interactive systems that employ AI technologies, are currently present in many parts of our social, public and political life. An issue reoccurring often in the development of these systems is the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2019-09-17 Maximilian Mackeprang , Claudia Müller-Birn , Maximilian Timo Stauss

Experienced users often have useful knowledge and intuition in solving real-world optimization problems. User knowledge can be formulated as inter-variable relationships to assist an optimization algorithm in finding good solutions faster.…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-09-20 Abhiroop Ghosh , Kalyanmoy Deb , Erik Goodman , Ronald Averill

Engineering system design, viewed as a decision-making process, faces challenges due to complexity and uncertainty. In this paper, we present a framework proposing the use of the Deep Q-learning algorithm to optimize the design of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-01 Ramin Giahi , Cameron A. MacKenzie , Reyhaneh Bijari

A high-ranking goal of interdisciplinary modeling approaches in the natural sciences are quantitative prediction of system dynamics and model based optimization. For this purpose, mathematical modeling, numerical simulation and scientific…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Dominik Skanda , Dirk Lebiedz

Quality-Diversity (QD) algorithms are a new type of Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs), aiming to find a set of high-performing, yet diverse solutions. They have found many successful applications in reinforcement learning and robotics, helping…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-07 Chao Qian , Ke Xue , Ren-Jian Wang

For industrial product design, it is very important to take into account assembly/disassembly and maintenance operations during the conceptual and prototype design stage. For these operations or other similar operations in a constrained…

Robotics · Computer Science 2010-12-21 Liang Ma , Ruina Ma , Damien Chablat , Fouad Bennis

In this work, we consider the problem of Quality-Diversity (QD) optimization with multiple objectives. QD algorithms have been proposed to search for a large collection of both diverse and high-performing solutions instead of a single set…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-06-01 Thomas Pierrot , Guillaume Richard , Karim Beguir , Antoine Cully

Analyzing interaction data provides an opportunity to learn about users, uncover their underlying goals, and create intelligent visualization systems. The first step for intelligent response in visualizations is to enable computers to infer…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2020-10-19 Shayan Monadjemi , Roman Garnett , Alvitta Ottley

Two fundamental challenges face generative models in engineering applications: the acquisition of high-performing, diverse datasets, and the adherence to precise constraints in generated designs. We propose a novel approach combining…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-17 Adam Gaier , James Stoddart , Lorenzo Villaggi , Shyam Sudhakaran

Designing successful interactions requires identifying optimal design parameters. To do so, designers often conduct iterative user testing and exploratory trial-and-error. This involves balancing multiple objectives in a high-dimensional…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-08-25 Ryogo Niwa , Shigeo Yoshida , Yuki Koyama , Yoshitaka Ushiku

Emerging methods for participatory algorithm design have proposed collecting and aggregating individual stakeholder preferences to create algorithmic systems that account for those stakeholders' values. Using algorithmic student assignment…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-07-15 Samantha Robertson , Niloufar Salehi

One of the open questions in the field of interaction design is "what inputs or interaction techniques should be used with augmented reality devices?" The transition from a touchpad and a keyboard to a multi-touch device was relatively…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-05-28 Adam S. Williams , Francisco R. Ortega

Quality-diversity (QD) algorithms search for a set of good solutions which cover a space as defined by behavior metrics. This simultaneous focus on quality and diversity with explicit metrics sets QD algorithms apart from standard single-…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-02-16 Daniele Gravina , Ahmed Khalifa , Antonios Liapis , Julian Togelius , Georgios N. Yannakakis

Results from a triple-blind mixed-method user study into the effectiveness of mixed-initiative tools for the procedural generation of game levels are presented. A tool which generates levels using interactive evolutionary optimisation was…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-06-03 Sean P. Walton , Alma A. M. Rahat , James Stovold

The diversity of patterns that emerge from complex systems motivates their use for scientific or artistic purposes. When exploring these systems, the challenges faced are the size of the parameter space and the strongly non-linear mapping…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-02 Bastien Morel , Clément Moulin-Frier , Pascal Barla

Quality-Diversity optimization is a new family of optimization algorithms that, instead of searching for a single optimal solution to solving a task, searches for a large collection of solutions that all solve the task in a different way.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-05-29 Antoine Cully

In multi-objective optimization problems, there might exist hidden objectives that are important to the decision-maker but are not being optimized. On the other hand, there might also exist irrelevant objectives that are being optimized but…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-06-06 Seyed Mahdi Shavarani , Manuel López-Ibáñez , Richard Allmendinger

In creative design, where aesthetics play a crucial role in determining the quality of outcomes, there are often multiple worthwhile possibilities, rather than a single ``best'' design. This challenge is compounded in the use of…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-05-09 Jon McCormack , Camilo Cruz Gambardella , Stephen James Krol