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ICPR
2000
IEEE
15 years 5 months ago
Face Detection Based on Generic Local Descriptors and Spatial Constraints
In this paper we present an algorithm for face detection that is based on generic local descriptors (e.g. eyes). A generic descriptor captures the distribution of individual descr...
Veronika Vogelhuber, Cordelia Schmid
KDD
1995
ACM
176views Data Mining» more  KDD 1995»
15 years 4 months ago
MDL-Based Decision Tree Pruning
This paper explores the application of the Minimum Description Length principle for pruning decision trees. We present a new algorithm that intuitively captures the primary goal o...
Manish Mehta 0002, Jorma Rissanen, Rakesh Agrawal
133
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ICCV
2011
IEEE
14 years 17 days ago
Recursive MDL via Graph Cuts: Application to Segmentation
We propose a novel patch-based image representation that is useful because it (1) inherently detects regions with repetitive structure at multiple scales and (2) yields a paramete...
Lena Gorelick, Andrew Delong, Olga Veksler, Yuri B...
98
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DIS
2007
Springer
15 years 6 months ago
Fast NML Computation for Naive Bayes Models
Abstract. The Minimum Description Length (MDL) is an informationtheoretic principle that can be used for model selection and other statistical inference tasks. One way to implement...
Tommi Mononen, Petri Myllymäki
87
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PKDD
2010
Springer
124views Data Mining» more  PKDD 2010»
14 years 11 months ago
Summarising Data by Clustering Items
Abstract. For a book, the title and abstract provide a good first impression of what to expect from it. For a database, getting a first impression is not so straightforward. Whil...
Michael Mampaey, Jilles Vreeken