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NIPS
2007
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2007
Clustering is often formulated as the maximum likelihood estimation of a mixture model that explains the data. The EM algorithm widely used to solve the resulting optimization pro...
NIPS
2001
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2001
Abstract--Kernel-based algorithms such as support vector machines have achieved considerable success in various problems in batch setting, where all of the training data is availab...
UAI
2004
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2004
We present new MCMC algorithms for computing the posterior distributions and expectations of the unknown variables in undirected graphical models with regular structure. For demon...
NIPS
2003
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2003
In order to understand AdaBoost’s dynamics, especially its ability to maximize margins, we derive an associated simplified nonlinear iterated map and analyze its behavior in lo...
UAI
1997
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1997
We consider probabilistic inference in general hybrid networks, which include continuous and discrete variables in an arbitrary topology. We reexamine the question of variable dis...