DSMML
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2004
Springer
We investigate theoretically some properties of variational Bayes approximations based on estimating the mixing coefficients of known densities. We show that, with probability 1 a...
DSMML
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2004
Springer
The arithmetic-coding-based communication system, Dasher, can be driven by a one-dimensional continuous signal. A belt-mounted breath-mouse, delivering a signal related to lung vol...
CCS
2006
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
2006
ACM
Machine learning systems offer unparalled flexibility in dealing with evolving input in a variety of applications, such as intrusion detection systems and spam e-mail filtering. H...
COLT
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2004
Springer
straction of the following scenarios: choosing from among a set of alternative treatments after a fixed number of clinical trials, determining the best parameter settings for a pro...
COLT
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2004
Springer
COLT
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2004
Springer
We show that forms of Bayesian and MDL inference that are often applied to classification problems can be inconsistent. This means that there exists a learning problem such that fo...
COLT
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2004
Springer
We consider the binary classification problem. Given an i.i.d. sample drawn from the distribution of an X
COLT
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2004
Springer
We investigate label efficient prediction, a variant, proposed by Helmbold and Panizza, of the problem of prediction with expert advice. In this variant, the forecaster, after gues...
COLT
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2004
Springer
We study the problem of classifying data in a given taxonomy when classifications associated with multiple and/or partial paths are allowed. We introduce an incremental algorithm u...
COLT
2004
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2004
Springer
This paper introduces a new method using dyadic decision trees for estimating a classification or a regression function in a multiclass classification problem. The estimator is bas...