Expertise discovery methods and systems
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving a recommendation of a person from an expertise discovery function executed on a processor-based device that generates the recommendation in accordance with an inference of a level of expertise from a plurality of usage behaviors; and
receiving an explanation from a computer-implemented explanatory function, wherein the explanation comprises a reason as to why the person was recommended.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented expertise discovery method and system generates recommendations of people in accordance with inferences of levels of expertise from behavioral information. The generation of the recommendations may be in accordance with comparisons of two or more expertise vectors and associated correlations between the vectors. The inferences of expertise may be with respect to specified topical neighborhoods. Explanations as to why recommendations were made are delivered to the recommendation recipients, and may include references to the inferred levels of expertise, the behavioral bases for the inferences, and/or the confidence in the inferences.
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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receiving a recommendation of a person from an expertise discovery function executed on a processor-based device that generates the recommendation in accordance with an inference of a level of expertise from a plurality of usage behaviors; and receiving an explanation from a computer-implemented explanatory function, wherein the explanation comprises a reason as to why the person was recommended. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer-implemented system, comprising:
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an expertise recommender function executed on a processor-based computing device that generates a recommendation of person for delivery to a recommendation recipient based on an inference of a level of expertise from a plurality of usage behaviors; and a computer-implemented explanatory function that delivers an explanation to the recommendation recipient as to why the person was recommended. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-implemented system, comprising:
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an expertise inferencing function executed on a processor-based computing device, wherein the expertise inferencing function generates a first expertise vector associated with a first user in accordance with an inference of a level of expertise from a plurality of behaviors; and a computer-implemented expertise discovery function that generates a recommendation of a person for delivery to a user in accordance with the first expertise vector. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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