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UXR Point of View on Product Feature Prioritization Prior To Multi-Million Engineering Commitments
Jonas Lau, Annie Tran
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.15294 h…

UXR Point of View on Product Feature Prioritization Prior To Multi-Million Engineering Commitments
This paper discusses a popular UX research activity, feature prioritization, using the User Experience Research Point of View (UXR PoV) Playbook framework. We describe an application of multinomial logistic regression, frequently marketed as MaxDiff, for prioritizing product features in consumer product development. It addresses challenges of traditional surveying techniques. We propose a solution using MaxDiff to generate a reliable preference list with a reasonable sample size. We also adapt …

A Quantum Annealing Approach for Solving Optimal Feature Selection and Next Release Problems
Shuchang Wang, Xiaopeng Qiu, Yingxing Xue, Yanfu Li, Wei Yang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.14129

A Quantum Annealing Approach for Solving Optimal Feature Selection and Next Release Problems
Search-based software engineering (SBSE) addresses critical optimization challenges in software engineering, including the next release problem (NRP) and feature selection problem (FSP). While traditional heuristic approaches and integer linear programming (ILP) methods have demonstrated efficacy for small to medium-scale problems, their scalability to large-scale instances remains unknown. Here, we introduce quantum annealing (QA) as a subroutine to tackling multi-objective SBSE problems, leve…

Analyzing PDFs like Binaries: Adversarially Robust PDF Malware Analysis via Intermediate Representation and Language Model
Side Liu, Jiang Ming, Guodong Zhou, Xinyi Liu, Jianming Fu, Guojun Peng
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17162

Analyzing PDFs like Binaries: Adversarially Robust PDF Malware Analysis via Intermediate Representation and Language Model
Malicious PDF files have emerged as a persistent threat and become a popular attack vector in web-based attacks. While machine learning-based PDF malware classifiers have shown promise, these classifiers are often susceptible to adversarial attacks, undermining their reliability. To address this issue, recent studies have aimed to enhance the robustness of PDF classifiers. Despite these efforts, the feature engineering underlying these studies remains outdated. Consequently, even with the appli…

A Conceptual Introduction to Hetero-functional Graph Theory for Systems-of-Systems
Amro M. Farid, Amirreza Hosseini, John C. Little
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.24046

A Conceptual Introduction to Hetero-functional Graph Theory for Systems-of-Systems
A defining feature of twenty first century engineering challenges is their inherent complexity, demanding the convergence of knowledge across diverse disciplines. Establishing consistent methodological foundations for engineering systems remains a challenge -- one that both systems engineering and network science have sought to address. Model-based systems engineering (MBSE) has recently emerged as a practical, interdisciplinary approach for developing complex systems from concept through imple…

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Benchmarking Large Language Models for Polymer Property Predictions
Sonakshi Gupta, Akhlak Mahmood, Shivank Shukla, Rampi Ramprasad
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02129

Benchmarking Large Language Models for Polymer Property Predictions
Machine learning has revolutionized polymer science by enabling rapid property prediction and generative design. Large language models (LLMs) offer further opportunities in polymer informatics by simplifying workflows that traditionally rely on large labeled datasets, handcrafted representations, and complex feature engineering. LLMs leverage natural language inputs through transfer learning, eliminating the need for explicit fingerprinting and streamlining training. In this study, we finetune …

Non-Heuristic Selection via Hybrid Regularized and Machine Learning Models for Insurance
Luciano Ribeiro Galv\~ao, Rafael de Andrade Moral
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05609

Non-Heuristic Selection via Hybrid Regularized and Machine Learning Models for Insurance
In this study, machine learning models were tested to predict whether or not a customer of an insurance company would purchase a travel insurance product. For this purpose, secondary data provided by an open-source website that compiles databases from statistical modeling competitions were used. The dataset used presents approximately 2,700 records from an unidentified company in the tourism insurance sector. Initially, the feature engineering stage was carried out, which were selected through …