Abstract In many statistical problems, maximum likelihood estimation by an EM or MM algorithm suffers from excruciatingly slow convergence. This tendency limits the application of ...
Point Distribution Modelling (PDM) is an efficient generative technique that can be used to incorporate statistical shape priors into image analysis methods like Active Shape Mode...
Alejandro F. Frangi, Loic Boisrobert, Marcos Lauce...
Controlled experiments, also called randomized experiments and A/B tests, have had a profound influence on multiple fields, including medicine, agriculture, manufacturing, and adv...
Thomas Crook, Brian Frasca, Ron Kohavi, Roger Long...
Model-based declarative queries are becoming an attractive paradigm for interacting with many data stream applications. This has led to the development of techniques to accurately...
—Some data mining problems require predictive models to be not only accurate but also comprehensible. Comprehensibility enables human inspection and understanding of the model, m...