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  • Efficient training and feature induction in sequential supervised learning

    Creator:
    Hao, Guohua
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    Sequential supervised learning problems arise in many real applications. This dissertation focuses on two important research directions in sequential supervised learning: efficient training and feature induction. In the direction of efficient training, we study the training of conditional random fields (CRFs), which provide a flexible and powerful model for sequential...
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    flexible and powerful model for sequential supervised learning problems. Existing training algorithms for

  • Three methods for estimating subpixel cover fractions in coarse resolution imagery

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    Damon, Diane L.
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    Coarse resolution imagery, such as that produced by the MODIS instrument, poses the challenge of estimating sub-pixel proportions of di erent land cover types. This problem is di cult because of the variety and variability of vegetation within individual pixels. This thesis describes and compares two existing algorithms for estimating...
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    are the linear spectral mixture model, which has previously been applied to coarse-resolution imagery

  • A probabilistic model for anomaly detection in remote sensor streams

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    Dereszynski, Ethan W.
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    Remote sensors are becoming the standard for observing and recording ecological data in the field. Such sensors can record data at fine temporal resolutions, and they can operate under extreme conditions prohibitive to human access. Unfortunately, sensor data streams exhibit many kinds of errors ranging from corrupt communications to partial...
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    Computer Science presented on October 25th, 2007. Title: A Probabilistic Model for Anomaly Detection in

  • Learning cost-sensitive diagnostic policies from data

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    Zubek, Valentina Bayer
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    In its simplest form, the process of diagnosis is a decision-making process in which the diagnostician performs a sequence of tests culminating in a diagnostic decision. For example, a physician might perform a series of simple measurements (body tem- perature, weight, etc.) and laboratory measurements (white blood count, CT scan,...
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    training examples from which we can compute the transition probability model, we can de�ne an MDP whose

  • Machine learning in engineering : techniques to speed up numerical optimization

    Creator:
    Cerbone, G. (Giuseppe)
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    Many important application problems in engineering can be formalized as nonlinear optimization tasks. However, numerical methods for solving such problems are brittle and do not scale well. For example, these methods depend critically on choosing a good starting point from which to perform the optimization search. In high-dimensional spaces, numerical...
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    artifact and, in most engineering tasks, it is a science founded on well-established mathematical

  • Just enough die-level functional test : optimizing IC test via machine learning and decision theory

    Creator:
    Fountain, Tony R.
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    This research explores the hypothesis that methods from decision theory and machine learning can be combined to provide practical solutions to current manufacturing control problems. This hypothesis is explored by developing an integrated approach to solving one manufacturing problem - the optimization of die-level functional test. An integrated circuit (IC)...
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    observable Markov decision model that is evaluated in real time to provide answers to test questions such

  • Learning MDP action models via discrete mixture trees

    Creator:
    Wynkoop, Michael S.
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    This thesis addresses the problem of learning dynamic Bayesian network (DBN) models to support reinforcement learning. It focuses on learning regression tree models of the conditional probability distributions of the DBNs. Existing algorithms presume that the stochasticity in the domain can be modeled as a deterministic function with additive noise....
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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 4.4 Model size in nodes as a function of the number of trajectories in the training set for one

  • Model-based approximation methods for reinforcement learning

    Creator:
    Wang, Xin
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    The thesis focuses on model-based approximation methods for reinforcement learning with large scale applications such as combinatorial optimization problems. First, the thesis proposes two new model-based methods to stablize the value–function approximation for reinforcement learning. The first one is the BFBP algorithm, a batch-like reinforcement learning process which iterates between...
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    of Philosophy in Computer Science presented on May 08, 2006. Title: Model Based Approximation

  • Creating, Understanding and Applying Machine Learning Models of Multiple Species

    Creator:
    Griffioen, Arwen Twinkle E.
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    Many problems in ecology and conservation biology can be formulated and solved using machine learning algorithms for multi-label classification. This dissertation addresses three topics related to predicting the distributions of multiple species. It improves existing methods and proposes a new modeling paradigm to address the multi-species, multi-label problem. The first...
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    outcome. To develop better methods, individual and joint model tuning approaches and evaluation metrics

  • Activity recognition in desktop environments

    Creator:
    Shen, Jianqiang
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    Knowledge workers are struggling in the information flood. There is a growing interest in intelligent desktop environments that help knowledge workers organize their daily life. Intelligent desktop environments allow the desktop user to define a set of “activities” that characterize the user’s desktop work. These environments then attempt to identify...
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    subgraphs. After finding the workflow models, we create a Logical Hidden Markov Model (LHMM) for each mined