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CVPR
1999
IEEE
14 years 10 months ago
A Multiple Hypothesis Approach to Figure Tracking
This paper describes a probabilistic multiple-hypothesis framework for tracking highly articulated objects. In this framework, the probability density of the tracker state is repr...
Tat-Jen Cham, James M. Rehg
PKDD
2009
Springer
184views Data Mining» more  PKDD 2009»
14 years 13 days ago
Boosting Active Learning to Optimality: A Tractable Monte-Carlo, Billiard-Based Algorithm
Abstract. This paper focuses on Active Learning with a limited number of queries; in application domains such as Numerical Engineering, the size of the training set might be limite...
Philippe Rolet, Michèle Sebag, Olivier Teyt...
ICML
2009
IEEE
14 years 8 months ago
Robot trajectory optimization using approximate inference
The general stochastic optimal control (SOC) problem in robotics scenarios is often too complex to be solved exactly and in near real time. A classical approximate solution is to ...
Marc Toussaint
JMLR
2012
11 years 10 months ago
Adaptive MCMC with Bayesian Optimization
This paper proposes a new randomized strategy for adaptive MCMC using Bayesian optimization. This approach applies to nondifferentiable objective functions and trades off explor...
Nimalan Mahendran, Ziyu Wang, Firas Hamze, Nando d...
ICDE
2006
IEEE
201views Database» more  ICDE 2006»
14 years 9 months ago
Approximate Data Collection in Sensor Networks using Probabilistic Models
Wireless sensor networks are proving to be useful in a variety of settings. A core challenge in these networks is to minimize energy consumption. Prior database research has propo...
David Chu, Amol Deshpande, Joseph M. Hellerstein, ...