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  • Learning classification rules by randomized iterative local search

    Creator:
    Chisholm, Michael (Michael Andrew), 1974-
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    Learning easily understandable decision rules from examples is one of the classic problems in machine learning. Most learning algorithms for this problem employ some variation of a greedy separate-and-conquer algorithm. In this paper, we describe a system called LERILS that learns highly accurate and comprehensible rules from examples using a...
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    Microsoft Word - MS Thesis 6.doc AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Michael

  • Object detection in biological images using a search-based framework

    Creator:
    Lam, Michael
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    This thesis addresses a basic problem in computer vision, that of semantic labeling of images. Our work is aimed at object detection in biological images for evolutionary biology research. In particular, our goal is to detect nematocysts in Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images. This biological domain presents challenges for existing...
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    Framework AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Michael Lam for the degree of Master of Science in Computer

  • Towards a national map of soil liquefaction susceptibility : modeling with heuristic and geotechnical methods

    Creator:
    Lindsley, Adam E.
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    This study investigates the use of predictive mapping techniques as well as geotechnical criteria in developing a multiregional soil liquefaction model and subsequent maps. The maps were produced using National Cooperative Soil Survey data, in the gSSURGO format, combined with soil liquefaction data gathered from studies, articles, and traditional seismic...
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    challenging project. Thank you also to my committee members, Maria Dragila, John Baham, and Michael Olsen

  • Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Broad-scale Predictive Models : Influences of Scale

    Creator:
    Hooper, Samuel
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    Developing accurate predictive distribution models requires adequately representing relevant spatial and temporal scales, as these scales are ultimately reflective of the relationships between distributions and influential environmental conditions. In this research, we considered both spatial and temporal scale and the influence each has on predicting broad-scale distributions of two disparate...
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    . References Addicott, John F., John M. Aho, Michael F. Antolin, Dianna K. Padilla, John S. Richardson, and

  • A study of methods for fine-grained object classification of arthropod specimens

    Creator:
    Lin, Junyuan
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    Object categorization is one of the fundamental topics in computer vision research. Most current work in object categorization aims to discriminate among generic object classes with gross differences. However, many applications require much finer distinctions. This thesis focuses on the design, evaluation and analysis of learning algorithms for fine- grained...
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    images; d is the dimensionality of the feature vectors, T is the depth of the decision trees, and k is

  • Combining coordination mechanisms to improve performance in multi-robot teams

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    Nasroullahi, Ehsan
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    Coordination is essential to achieving good performance in cooperative multiagent systems. To date, most work has focused on either implicit or explicit coordination mechanisms, while relatively little work has focused on the benefits of combining these two approaches. In this work we demonstrate that combining explicit and implicit mechanisms can...
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    - ronment, where teams of 3 agents are required to observe each POI. Agents using D outperform all other

  • Rare category detection using hierarchical mean shift

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    Vatturi, Pavan Kumar
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    Many applications in surveillance, monitoring, scientific discovery, and data cleaning require the identification of anomalies. Although many methods have been developed to identify statistically significant anomalies, a more difficult task is to identify anomalies that are both interesting and statistically significant. Category detection is an emerging area of machine learning...
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    examples S = {x1, x2, ...., xn} where xi ∈ �d are fromm distinct classes labeled yi = {1, 2..., m}. The

  • Learning greedy policies for the easy-first framework

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    Xie, Jun
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    Easy-first, a search-based structured prediction approach, has been applied to many NLP tasks including dependency parsing and coreference resolution. This approach employs a learned greedy policy (action scoring function) to make easy decisions first, which constrains the remaining decisions and makes them easier. This thesis studies the problem of learning...
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  • Expert-gate algorithm

    Creator:
    Joshi, Varad Vidyadhar
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    The goal of Inductive Learning is to produce general rules from a set of seen examples, which can then be applied to other unseen examples. ID3 is an inductive learning algorithm that can be used for the classification task. The input to the algorithm is a set of tuples of...
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    ) Train gate on examples G(m+1) (S). The gate learns the approximation a(m+1)(S). (d) Set m = m -I- 1 7

  • Image Based Crypto

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    Basa, Gungor
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    The ability to create reproducible cryptographically secure keys from temporal environments (e.g., images) has the potential to be a contributor to effective cryptographic mechanisms. Due to the noisy nature of these environments, achieving this goal in a user friendly fashion is a very challenging task, especially since there exists a...
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