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NN
2000
Springer
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13 years 7 months ago
A new algorithm for learning in piecewise-linear neural networks
Piecewise-linear (PWL) neural networks are widely known for their amenability to digital implementation. This paper presents a new algorithm for learning in PWL networks consistin...
Emad Gad, Amir F. Atiya, Samir I. Shaheen, Ayman E...
CG
2006
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Feature Construction for Reinforcement Learning in Hearts
Temporal difference (TD) learning has been used to learn strong evaluation functions in a variety of two-player games. TD-gammon illustrated how the combination of game tree search...
Nathan R. Sturtevant, Adam M. White
ECIR
2007
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
A Bayesian Approach for Learning Document Type Relevance
Retrieval accuracy can be improved by considering which document type should be filtered out and which should be ranked higher in the result list. Hence, document type can be used...
Peter C. K. Yeung, Stefan Büttcher, Charles L...
COLT
2005
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Leaving the Span
We discuss a simple sparse linear problem that is hard to learn with any algorithm that uses a linear combination of the training instances as its weight vector. The hardness holds...
Manfred K. Warmuth, S. V. N. Vishwanathan
SIGMOD
2009
ACM
175views Database» more  SIGMOD 2009»
14 years 7 months ago
Keyword search on structured and semi-structured data
Empowering users to access databases using simple keywords can relieve the users from the steep learning curve of mastering a structured query language and understanding complex a...
Yi Chen, Wei Wang 0011, Ziyang Liu, Xuemin Lin