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ICML
2004
IEEE
15 years 11 months ago
Approximate inference by Markov chains on union spaces
A standard method for approximating averages in probabilistic models is to construct a Markov chain in the product space of the random variables with the desired equilibrium distr...
Max Welling, Michal Rosen-Zvi, Yee Whye Teh
ICMLA
2009
14 years 7 months ago
ECON: A Kernel Basis Pursuit Algorithm with Automatic Feature Parameter Tuning, and its Application to Photometric Solids Approx
This paper introduces a new algorithm, namely the EquiCorrelation Network (ECON), to perform supervised classification, and regression. ECON is a kernelized LARS-like algorithm, b...
Manuel Loth, Philippe Preux, Samuel Delepoulle, Ch...
NN
2007
Springer
14 years 9 months ago
Hierarchical approaches to understanding consciousness
There has been much discussion of what a scientific theory of consciousness would look like, and even whether such a theory is possible. Some common misunderstandings of the natur...
L. Andrew Coward, Ron Sun
CVPR
2009
IEEE
16 years 5 months ago
Stochastic Gradient Kernel Density Mode-Seeking
As a well known fixed-point iteration algorithm for kernel density mode-seeking, Mean-Shift has attracted wide attention in pattern recognition field. To date, Mean-Shift algorit...
Xiaotong Yuan, Stan Z. Li
WSC
2001
14 years 11 months ago
Reducing input parameter uncertainty for simulations
Parameters of statistical distributions that are input to simulations are typically not known with certainty. For existing systems, or variations on existing systems, they are oft...
Szu Hui Ng, Stephen E. Chick