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JMLR
2010
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Generalized Expectation Criteria for Semi-Supervised Learning with Weakly Labeled Data
In this paper, we present an overview of generalized expectation criteria (GE), a simple, robust, scalable method for semi-supervised training using weakly-labeled data. GE fits m...
Gideon S. Mann, Andrew McCallum
JMLR
2010
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Why Does Unsupervised Pre-training Help Deep Learning?
Much recent research has been devoted to learning algorithms for deep architectures such as Deep Belief Networks and stacks of auto-encoder variants, with impressive results obtai...
Dumitru Erhan, Yoshua Bengio, Aaron C. Courville, ...
JMLR
2010
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SFO: A Toolbox for Submodular Function Optimization
In recent years, a fundamental problem structure has emerged as very useful in a variety of machine learning applications: Submodularity is an intuitive diminishing returns proper...
Andreas Krause
JMLR
2010
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An Efficient Explanation of Individual Classifications using Game Theory
We present a general method for explaining individual predictions of classification models. The method is based on fundamental concepts from coalitional game theory and prediction...
Erik Strumbelj, Igor Kononenko
JMLR
2010
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Error-Correcting Ouput Codes Library
In this paper, we present an open source Error-Correcting Output Codes (ECOC) library. The ECOC framework is a powerful tool to deal with multi-class categorization problems. This...
Sergio Escalera, Oriol Pujol, Petia Radeva
JMLR
2010
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A Convergent Online Single Time Scale Actor Critic Algorithm
Actor-Critic based approaches were among the first to address reinforcement learning in a general setting. Recently, these algorithms have gained renewed interest due to their gen...
Dotan Di Castro, Ron Meir
JMLR
2010
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Dimensionality Estimation, Manifold Learning and Function Approximation using Tensor Voting
We address instance-based learning from a perceptual organization standpoint and present methods for dimensionality estimation, manifold learning and function approximation. Under...
Philippos Mordohai, Gérard G. Medioni
JMLR
2010
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Optimal Search on Clustered Structural Constraint for Learning Bayesian Network Structure
We study the problem of learning an optimal Bayesian network in a constrained search space; skeletons are compelled to be subgraphs of a given undirected graph called the super-st...
Kaname Kojima, Eric Perrier, Seiya Imoto, Satoru M...
JMLR
2010
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On Over-fitting in Model Selection and Subsequent Selection Bias in Performance Evaluation
Model selection strategies for machine learning algorithms typically involve the numerical optimisation of an appropriate model selection criterion, often based on an estimator of...
Gavin C. Cawley, Nicola L. C. Talbot
JMLR
2010
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Iterative Scaling and Coordinate Descent Methods for Maximum Entropy Models
Maximum entropy (Maxent) is useful in natural language processing and many other areas. Iterative scaling (IS) methods are one of the most popular approaches to solve Maxent. With...
Fang-Lan Huang, Cho-Jui Hsieh, Kai-Wei Chang, Chih...