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Crowdsourced top-k queries by pairwise preference judgments with confidence and budget control
Yan Li1; Hao Wang2; Ngai Meng Kou3; Leong Hou U1; Zhiguo Gong1
2021-03
Source PublicationVLDB Journal
ISSN1066-8888
Volume30Pages:189-213
Abstract

Crowdsourced query processing is an emerging technique that tackles computationally challenging problems by human intelligence. The basic idea is to decompose a computationally challenging problem into a set of human-friendly microtasks (e.g., pairwise comparisons) that are distributed to and answered by the crowd. The solution of the problem is then computed (e.g., by aggregation) based on the crowdsourced answers to the microtasks. In this work, we attempt to revisit the crowdsourced processing of the top-k queries, aiming at (1) securing the quality of crowdsourced comparisons by a certain confidence level and (2) minimizing the total monetary cost. To secure the quality of each paired comparison, we employ statistical tools to estimate the confidence interval from the collected judgments of the crowd, which is then used to guide the aggregated judgment. We propose novel frameworks, SPR and SPR, to address the crowdsourced top-k queries. Both SPR and SPR are budget-aware, confidence-aware, and effective in producing high-quality top-k results. SPR requires as input a budget for each paired comparison, whereas SPR requires only a total budget for the whole top-k task. Extensive experiments, conducted on four real datasets, demonstrate that our proposed methods outperform the other existing top-k processing techniques by a visible difference.

KeywordBudget Control Confidence Crowdsourcing Preference Judgments Top-k Query
DOI10.1007/s00778-020-00631-8
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Indexed BySCIE ; SSCI
Language英語English
WOS Research AreaComputer Science
WOS SubjectComputer Science, Hardware & Architecture ; Computer Science, Information Systems
WOS IDWOS:000571708100002
PublisherSPRINGER, ONE NEW YORK PLAZA, SUITE 4600 , NEW YORK, NY 10004, UNITED STATES
Scopus ID2-s2.0-85091375210
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Document TypeJournal article
CollectionFaculty of Science and Technology
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
Corresponding AuthorLeong Hou U
Affiliation1.State Key Laboratory of Internet of Things for Smart City,Department of Computer and Information Science,University of Macau,Macao,China
2.Inception Institute of Artificial Intelligence,Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates
3.Cainiao Smart Logistics Network Limited,Hangzhou,China
First Author AffilicationUniversity of Macau
Corresponding Author AffilicationUniversity of Macau
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Yan Li,Hao Wang,Ngai Meng Kou,et al. Crowdsourced top-k queries by pairwise preference judgments with confidence and budget control[J]. VLDB Journal, 2021, 30, 189-213.
APA Yan Li., Hao Wang., Ngai Meng Kou., Leong Hou U., & Zhiguo Gong (2021). Crowdsourced top-k queries by pairwise preference judgments with confidence and budget control. VLDB Journal, 30, 189-213.
MLA Yan Li,et al."Crowdsourced top-k queries by pairwise preference judgments with confidence and budget control".VLDB Journal 30(2021):189-213.
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