NIPS
2004
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2004
In this paper we propose an efficient algorithm for reducing a large mixture of Gaussians into a smaller mixture while still preserving the component structure of the original mod...
NIPS
2004
14 years 29 days ago
2004
Embedding algorithms search for low dimensional structure in complex data, but most algorithms only handle objects of a single type for which pairwise distances are specified. Thi...
NIPS
2004
14 years 29 days ago
2004
High retrieval precision in content-based image retrieval can be attained by adopting relevance feedback mechanisms. These mechanisms require that the user judges the quality of t...
NIPS
2004
14 years 29 days ago
2004
Saliency mechanisms play an important role when visual recognition must be performed in cluttered scenes. We propose a computational definition of saliency that deviates from exis...
NIPS
2004
14 years 29 days ago
2004
Clustering and prediction of sets of curves is an important problem in many areas of science and engineering. It is often the case that curves tend to be misaligned from each othe...
NIPS
2004
14 years 29 days ago
2004
The computation of classical higher-order statistics such as higher-order moments or spectra is difficult for images due to the huge number of terms to be estimated and interprete...
NIPS
2004
14 years 29 days ago
2004
De novo Sequencing of peptides is a challenging task in proteome research. While there exist reliable DNA-sequencing methods, the highthroughput de novo sequencing of proteins by ...
NIPS
2004
14 years 29 days ago
2004
We describe a framework for learning an object classifier from a single example. This goal is achieved by emphasizing the relevant dimensions for classification using available ex...
NIPS
2004
14 years 29 days ago
2004
Device mismatch in VLSI degrades the accuracy of analog arithmetic circuits and lowers the learning performance of large-scale neural networks implemented in this technology. We s...
NIPS
2004
14 years 29 days ago
2004
We present an algorithm to overcome the local maxima problem in estimating the parameters of mixture models. It combines existing approaches from both EM and a robust fitting algo...