An Introduction To Computational Learning Theory

Author : Michael J. Kearns,Umesh Vazirani
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1994-08-15
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0262111934

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An Introduction to Computational Learning Theory by Michael J. Kearns,Umesh Vazirani Pdf

Emphasizing issues of computational efficiency, Michael Kearns and Umesh Vazirani introduce a number of central topics in computational learning theory for researchers and students in artificial intelligence, neural networks, theoretical computer science, and statistics. Emphasizing issues of computational efficiency, Michael Kearns and Umesh Vazirani introduce a number of central topics in computational learning theory for researchers and students in artificial intelligence, neural networks, theoretical computer science, and statistics. Computational learning theory is a new and rapidly expanding area of research that examines formal models of induction with the goals of discovering the common methods underlying efficient learning algorithms and identifying the computational impediments to learning. Each topic in the book has been chosen to elucidate a general principle, which is explored in a precise formal setting. Intuition has been emphasized in the presentation to make the material accessible to the nontheoretician while still providing precise arguments for the specialist. This balance is the result of new proofs of established theorems, and new presentations of the standard proofs. The topics covered include the motivation, definitions, and fundamental results, both positive and negative, for the widely studied L. G. Valiant model of Probably Approximately Correct Learning; Occam's Razor, which formalizes a relationship between learning and data compression; the Vapnik-Chervonenkis dimension; the equivalence of weak and strong learning; efficient learning in the presence of noise by the method of statistical queries; relationships between learning and cryptography, and the resulting computational limitations on efficient learning; reducibility between learning problems; and algorithms for learning finite automata from active experimentation.

Author : Miroslav Kubat
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030819354

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An Introduction to Machine Learning by Miroslav Kubat Pdf

This textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to Machine Learning techniques and algorithms. This Third Edition covers newer approaches that have become highly topical, including deep learning, and auto-encoding, introductory information about temporal learning and hidden Markov models, and a much more detailed treatment of reinforcement learning. The book is written in an easy-to-understand manner with many examples and pictures, and with a lot of practical advice and discussions of simple applications. The main topics include Bayesian classifiers, nearest-neighbor classifiers, linear and polynomial classifiers, decision trees, rule-induction programs, artificial neural networks, support vector machines, boosting algorithms, unsupervised learning (including Kohonen networks and auto-encoding), deep learning, reinforcement learning, temporal learning (including long short-term memory), hidden Markov models, and the genetic algorithm. Special attention is devoted to performance evaluation, statistical assessment, and to many practical issues ranging from feature selection and feature construction to bias, context, multi-label domains, and the problem of imbalanced classes.

Author : Robert E. Schapire,Yoav Freund
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262526036

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Boosting by Robert E. Schapire,Yoav Freund Pdf

An accessible introduction and essential reference for an approach to machine learning that creates highly accurate prediction rules by combining many weak and inaccurate ones. Boosting is an approach to machine learning based on the idea of creating a highly accurate predictor by combining many weak and inaccurate “rules of thumb.” A remarkably rich theory has evolved around boosting, with connections to a range of topics, including statistics, game theory, convex optimization, and information geometry. Boosting algorithms have also enjoyed practical success in such fields as biology, vision, and speech processing. At various times in its history, boosting has been perceived as mysterious, controversial, even paradoxical. This book, written by the inventors of the method, brings together, organizes, simplifies, and substantially extends two decades of research on boosting, presenting both theory and applications in a way that is accessible to readers from diverse backgrounds while also providing an authoritative reference for advanced researchers. With its introductory treatment of all material and its inclusion of exercises in every chapter, the book is appropriate for course use as well. The book begins with a general introduction to machine learning algorithms and their analysis; then explores the core theory of boosting, especially its ability to generalize; examines some of the myriad other theoretical viewpoints that help to explain and understand boosting; provides practical extensions of boosting for more complex learning problems; and finally presents a number of advanced theoretical topics. Numerous applications and practical illustrations are offered throughout.

Author : Martin Anthony,N. Biggs
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1997-02-27
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0521599229

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Computational Learning Theory by Martin Anthony,N. Biggs Pdf

Computational learning theory is a subject which has been advancing rapidly in the last few years. The authors concentrate on the probably approximately correct model of learning, and gradually develop the ideas of efficiency considerations. Finally, applications of the theory to artificial neural networks are considered. Many exercises are included throughout, and the list of references is extensive. This volume is relatively self contained as the necessary background material from logic, probability and complexity theory is included. It will therefore form an introduction to the theory of computational learning, suitable for a broad spectrum of graduate students from theoretical computer science and mathematics.

Author : Shai Shalev-Shwartz,Shai Ben-David
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-19
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781107057135

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Understanding Machine Learning by Shai Shalev-Shwartz,Shai Ben-David Pdf

Introduces machine learning and its algorithmic paradigms, explaining the principles behind automated learning approaches and the considerations underlying their usage.

Author : Sanjay Jain
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0262100770

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Systems that Learn by Sanjay Jain Pdf

This introduction to the concepts and techniques of formal learning theory is based on a number-theoretical approach to learning and uses the tools of recursive function theory to understand how learners come to an accurate view of reality.

Author : Martin Anthony
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:639670606

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Computational Learning Theory by Martin Anthony Pdf

Concepts, hypotheses, learning algorithms - Boolean formulae and representations - Probabilistic learning - Consistent algorithms and learnability - Efficient learning - The VC dimension - Learning and the VC dimension - VC dimension and efficient learning - Linear threshold networks.

Author : Jyrki Kivinen,Robert H. Sloan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3662167174

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Computational Learning Theory by Jyrki Kivinen,Robert H. Sloan Pdf

Author : Paul Fischer,Hans U. Simon
Publisher : Springer
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2003-07-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540490975

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Computational Learning Theory by Paul Fischer,Hans U. Simon Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Computational Learning Theory, EuroCOLT'99, held in Nordkirchen, Germany in March 1999. The 21 revised full papers presented were selected from a total of 35 submissions; also included are two invited contributions. The book is divided in topical sections on learning from queries and counterexamples, reinforcement learning, online learning and export advice, teaching and learning, inductive inference, and statistical theory of learning and pattern recognition.

Author : David Helmbold,Bob Williamson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 638 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003-06-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540445814

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Computational Learning Theory by David Helmbold,Bob Williamson Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 14th Annual and 5th European Conferences on Computational Learning Theory, COLT/EuroCOLT 2001, held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, in July 2001. The 40 revised full papers presented together with one invited paper were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 69 submissions. All current aspects of computational learning and its applications in a variety of fields are addressed.

Author : Gareth James,Daniela Witten,Trevor Hastie,Robert Tibshirani,Jonathan Taylor
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783031387470

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An Introduction to Statistical Learning by Gareth James,Daniela Witten,Trevor Hastie,Robert Tibshirani,Jonathan Taylor Pdf

An Introduction to Statistical Learning provides an accessible overview of the field of statistical learning, an essential toolset for making sense of the vast and complex data sets that have emerged in fields ranging from biology to finance, marketing, and astrophysics in the past twenty years. This book presents some of the most important modeling and prediction techniques, along with relevant applications. Topics include linear regression, classification, resampling methods, shrinkage approaches, tree-based methods, support vector machines, clustering, deep learning, survival analysis, multiple testing, and more. Color graphics and real-world examples are used to illustrate the methods presented. This book is targeted at statisticians and non-statisticians alike, who wish to use cutting-edge statistical learning techniques to analyze their data. Four of the authors co-wrote An Introduction to Statistical Learning, With Applications in R (ISLR), which has become a mainstay of undergraduate and graduate classrooms worldwide, as well as an important reference book for data scientists. One of the keys to its success was that each chapter contains a tutorial on implementing the analyses and methods presented in the R scientific computing environment. However, in recent years Python has become a popular language for data science, and there has been increasing demand for a Python-based alternative to ISLR. Hence, this book (ISLP) covers the same materials as ISLR but with labs implemented in Python. These labs will be useful both for Python novices, as well as experienced users.

Author : David Helmbold,Bob Williamson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3662214059

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Computational Learning Theory by David Helmbold,Bob Williamson Pdf

Author : Mehryar Mohri,Afshin Rostamizadeh,Ameet Talwalkar
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 505 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-25
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262351362

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Foundations of Machine Learning, second edition by Mehryar Mohri,Afshin Rostamizadeh,Ameet Talwalkar Pdf

A new edition of a graduate-level machine learning textbook that focuses on the analysis and theory of algorithms. This book is a general introduction to machine learning that can serve as a textbook for graduate students and a reference for researchers. It covers fundamental modern topics in machine learning while providing the theoretical basis and conceptual tools needed for the discussion and justification of algorithms. It also describes several key aspects of the application of these algorithms. The authors aim to present novel theoretical tools and concepts while giving concise proofs even for relatively advanced topics. Foundations of Machine Learning is unique in its focus on the analysis and theory of algorithms. The first four chapters lay the theoretical foundation for what follows; subsequent chapters are mostly self-contained. Topics covered include the Probably Approximately Correct (PAC) learning framework; generalization bounds based on Rademacher complexity and VC-dimension; Support Vector Machines (SVMs); kernel methods; boosting; on-line learning; multi-class classification; ranking; regression; algorithmic stability; dimensionality reduction; learning automata and languages; and reinforcement learning. Each chapter ends with a set of exercises. Appendixes provide additional material including concise probability review. This second edition offers three new chapters, on model selection, maximum entropy models, and conditional entropy models. New material in the appendixes includes a major section on Fenchel duality, expanded coverage of concentration inequalities, and an entirely new entry on information theory. More than half of the exercises are new to this edition.

Author : Richard S. Sutton,Andrew G. Barto
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-11-13
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780262352703

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Reinforcement Learning, second edition by Richard S. Sutton,Andrew G. Barto Pdf

The significantly expanded and updated new edition of a widely used text on reinforcement learning, one of the most active research areas in artificial intelligence. Reinforcement learning, one of the most active research areas in artificial intelligence, is a computational approach to learning whereby an agent tries to maximize the total amount of reward it receives while interacting with a complex, uncertain environment. In Reinforcement Learning, Richard Sutton and Andrew Barto provide a clear and simple account of the field's key ideas and algorithms. This second edition has been significantly expanded and updated, presenting new topics and updating coverage of other topics. Like the first edition, this second edition focuses on core online learning algorithms, with the more mathematical material set off in shaded boxes. Part I covers as much of reinforcement learning as possible without going beyond the tabular case for which exact solutions can be found. Many algorithms presented in this part are new to the second edition, including UCB, Expected Sarsa, and Double Learning. Part II extends these ideas to function approximation, with new sections on such topics as artificial neural networks and the Fourier basis, and offers expanded treatment of off-policy learning and policy-gradient methods. Part III has new chapters on reinforcement learning's relationships to psychology and neuroscience, as well as an updated case-studies chapter including AlphaGo and AlphaGo Zero, Atari game playing, and IBM Watson's wagering strategy. The final chapter discusses the future societal impacts of reinforcement learning.

Author : Felipe Cucker,Ding Xuan Zhou
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781139462860

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Learning Theory by Felipe Cucker,Ding Xuan Zhou Pdf

The goal of learning theory is to approximate a function from sample values. To attain this goal learning theory draws on a variety of diverse subjects, specifically statistics, approximation theory, and algorithmics. Ideas from all these areas blended to form a subject whose many successful applications have triggered a rapid growth during the last two decades. This is the first book to give a general overview of the theoretical foundations of the subject emphasizing the approximation theory, while still giving a balanced overview. It is based on courses taught by the authors, and is reasonably self-contained so will appeal to a broad spectrum of researchers in learning theory and adjacent fields. It will also serve as an introduction for graduate students and others entering the field, who wish to see how the problems raised in learning theory relate to other disciplines.