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2007
ACM
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Surrogate maximization/minimization algorithms and extensions
Abstract Surrogate maximization (or minimization) (SM) algorithms are a family of algorithms that can be regarded as a generalization of expectation-maximization (EM) algorithms. A...
Zhihua Zhang, James T. Kwok, Dit-Yan Yeung
ATAL
2007
Springer
15 years 10 months ago
Model-based function approximation in reinforcement learning
Reinforcement learning promises a generic method for adapting agents to arbitrary tasks in arbitrary stochastic environments, but applying it to new real-world problems remains di...
Nicholas K. Jong, Peter Stone
TIP
2008
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Wavelet Frame Accelerated Reduced Support Vector Machines
In this paper, a novel method for reducing the runtime complexity of a support vector machine classifier is presented. The new training algorithm is fast and simple. This is achiev...
Matthias Rätsch, Gerd Teschke, Sami Romdhani,...
ECML
2007
Springer
15 years 10 months ago
Discriminative Sequence Labeling by Z-Score Optimization
Abstract. We consider a new discriminative learning approach to sequence labeling based on the statistical concept of the Z-score. Given a training set of pairs of hidden-observed ...
Elisa Ricci, Tijl De Bie, Nello Cristianini
ECML
2005
Springer
15 years 10 months ago
Annealed Discriminant Analysis
Abstract. Motivated by the analogies to statistical physics, the deterministic annealing (DA) method has successfully been demonstrated in a variety of application. In this paper, ...
Gang Wang, Zhihua Zhang, Frederick H. Lochovsky