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ICAI
2004
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Action Inhibition
An explicit exploration strategy is necessary in reinforcement learning (RL) to balance the need to reduce the uncertainty associated with the expected outcome of an action and the...
Myriam Abramson
NIPS
1992
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Hidden Markov Model} Induction by Bayesian Model Merging
This paper describes a technique for learning both the number of states and the topologyof Hidden Markov Models from examples. The inductionprocess starts with the most specific m...
Andreas Stolcke, Stephen M. Omohundro
CORR
2010
Springer
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Decentralised Learning MACs for Collision-free Access in WLANs
By combining the features of CSMA and TDMA, fully decentralised WLAN MAC schemes have recently been proposed that converge to collision-free schedules. In this paper we describe a ...
Minyu Fang, David Malone, Ken R. Duffy, Douglas J....
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CORR
2008
Springer
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Estimating divergence functionals and the likelihood ratio by convex risk minimization
We develop and analyze M-estimation methods for divergence functionals and the likelihood ratios of two probability distributions. Our method is based on a non-asymptotic variatio...
XuanLong Nguyen, Martin J. Wainwright, Michael I. ...
CORR
2008
Springer
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Gaussian Belief Propagation Solver for Systems of Linear Equations
The canonical problem of solving a system of linear equations arises in numerous contexts in information theory, communication theory, and related fields. In this contribution, we ...
Ori Shental, Paul H. Siegel, Jack K. Wolf, Danny B...