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2004
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Spike-timing Dependent Plasticity and Mutual Information Maximization for a Spiking Neuron Model
We derive an optimal learning rule in the sense of mutual information maximization for a spiking neuron model. Under the assumption of small fluctuations of the input, we find a s...
Taro Toyoizumi, Jean-Pascal Pfister, Kazuyuki Aiha...
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2004
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Solitaire: Man Versus Machine
In this paper, we use the rollout method for policy improvement to analyze a version of Klondike solitaire. This version, sometimes called thoughtful solitaire, has all cards reve...
Xiang Yan, Persi Diaconis, Paat Rusmevichientong, ...
NIPS
2004
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A Direct Formulation for Sparse PCA Using Semidefinite Programming
We examine the problem of approximating, in the Frobenius-norm sense, a positive, semidefinite symmetric matrix by a rank-one matrix, with an upper bound on the cardinality of its...
Alexandre d'Aspremont, Laurent El Ghaoui, Michael ...
NIPS
2004
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Nearly Tight Bounds for the Continuum-Armed Bandit Problem
In the multi-armed bandit problem, an online algorithm must choose from a set of strategies in a sequence of n trials so as to minimize the total cost of the chosen strategies. Wh...
Robert D. Kleinberg
NIPS
2004
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An Application of Boosting to Graph Classification
This paper presents an application of Boosting for classifying labeled graphs, general structures for modeling a number of real-world data, such as chemical compounds, natural lan...
Taku Kudo, Eisaku Maeda, Yuji Matsumoto