DSMML
2004
Springer
13 years 11 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
13 years 11 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
13 years 11 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
13 years 11 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
13 years 11 months ago
2004
Springer
COLT
2004
Springer
13 years 11 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
13 years 11 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
13 years 11 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
13 years 11 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
13 years 11 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...