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COLT
2006
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Unifying Divergence Minimization and Statistical Inference Via Convex Duality
Abstract. In this paper we unify divergence minimization and statistical inference by means of convex duality. In the process of doing so, we prove that the dual of approximate max...
Yasemin Altun, Alexander J. Smola
ECML
2006
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Bandit Based Monte-Carlo Planning
Abstract. For large state-space Markovian Decision Problems MonteCarlo planning is one of the few viable approaches to find near-optimal solutions. In this paper we introduce a new...
Levente Kocsis, Csaba Szepesvári
ECML
2006
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Variational Bayesian Dirichlet-Multinomial Allocation for Exponential Family Mixtures
Abstract. This paper studies a Bayesian framework for density modeling with mixture of exponential family distributions. Variational Bayesian Dirichlet-Multinomial allocation (VBDM...
Shipeng Yu, Kai Yu, Volker Tresp, Hans-Peter Krieg...
ECTEL
2006
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Semantic Modelling of Learning Objects and Instruction
Abstract. We introduce an ontology-based semantic modelling framework that addresses subject domain modelling, instruction modelling, and interoperability aspects in the developmen...
Claus Pahl, Mark Melia
ECTEL
2006
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Language Technology for eLearning
Abstract. Given the huge amount of static and dynamic content created for eLearning tasks, the major challenge for extending their use is to improve the effectiveness of retrieval ...
Paola Monachesi, Lothar Lemnitzer, Kiril Ivanov Si...