Learning with Kernels

Learning with Kernels

Author: Bernhard Scholkopf

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2018-06-05

Total Pages: 645

ISBN-13: 0262536579

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A comprehensive introduction to Support Vector Machines and related kernel methods. In the 1990s, a new type of learning algorithm was developed, based on results from statistical learning theory: the Support Vector Machine (SVM). This gave rise to a new class of theoretically elegant learning machines that use a central concept of SVMs—-kernels—for a number of learning tasks. Kernel machines provide a modular framework that can be adapted to different tasks and domains by the choice of the kernel function and the base algorithm. They are replacing neural networks in a variety of fields, including engineering, information retrieval, and bioinformatics. Learning with Kernels provides an introduction to SVMs and related kernel methods. Although the book begins with the basics, it also includes the latest research. It provides all of the concepts necessary to enable a reader equipped with some basic mathematical knowledge to enter the world of machine learning using theoretically well-founded yet easy-to-use kernel algorithms and to understand and apply the powerful algorithms that have been developed over the last few years.


Learning with Kernels

Learning with Kernels

Author: Bernhard Schölkopf

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 658

ISBN-13: 9780262194754

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A comprehensive introduction to Support Vector Machines and related kernel methods.


Understanding the Linux Kernel

Understanding the Linux Kernel

Author: Daniel Pierre Bovet

Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc."

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 786

ISBN-13: 9780596002138

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To thoroughly understand what makes Linux tick and why it's so efficient, you need to delve deep into the heart of the operating system--into the Linux kernel itself. The kernel is Linux--in the case of the Linux operating system, it's the only bit of software to which the term "Linux" applies. The kernel handles all the requests or completed I/O operations and determines which programs will share its processing time, and in what order. Responsible for the sophisticated memory management of the whole system, the Linux kernel is the force behind the legendary Linux efficiency. The new edition of Understanding the Linux Kernel takes you on a guided tour through the most significant data structures, many algorithms, and programming tricks used in the kernel. Probing beyond the superficial features, the authors offer valuable insights to people who want to know how things really work inside their machine. Relevant segments of code are dissected and discussed line by line. The book covers more than just the functioning of the code, it explains the theoretical underpinnings for why Linux does things the way it does. The new edition of the book has been updated to cover version 2.4 of the kernel, which is quite different from version 2.2: the virtual memory system is entirely new, support for multiprocessor systems is improved, and whole new classes of hardware devices have been added. The authors explore each new feature in detail. Other topics in the book include: Memory management including file buffering, process swapping, and Direct memory Access (DMA) The Virtual Filesystem and the Second Extended Filesystem Process creation and scheduling Signals, interrupts, and the essential interfaces to device drivers Timing Synchronization in the kernel Interprocess Communication (IPC) Program execution Understanding the Linux Kernel, Second Edition will acquaint you with all the inner workings of Linux, but is more than just an academic exercise. You'll learn what conditions bring out Linux's best performance, and you'll see how it meets the challenge of providing good system response during process scheduling, file access, and memory management in a wide variety of environments. If knowledge is power, then this book will help you make the most of your Linux system.


Learning Theory and Kernel Machines

Learning Theory and Kernel Machines

Author: Bernhard Schoelkopf

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2003-08-11

Total Pages: 761

ISBN-13: 3540407200

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This book constitutes the joint refereed proceedings of the 16th Annual Conference on Computational Learning Theory, COLT 2003, and the 7th Kernel Workshop, Kernel 2003, held in Washington, DC in August 2003. The 47 revised full papers presented together with 5 invited contributions and 8 open problem statements were carefully reviewed and selected from 92 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on kernel machines, statistical learning theory, online learning, other approaches, and inductive inference learning.


Heat Kernels and Dirac Operators

Heat Kernels and Dirac Operators

Author: Nicole Berline

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2003-12-08

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 9783540200628

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In the first edition of this book, simple proofs of the Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem for Dirac operators on compact Riemannian manifolds and its generalizations (due to the authors and J.-M. Bismut) were presented, using an explicit geometric construction of the heat kernel of a generalized Dirac operator; the new edition makes this popular book available to students and researchers in an attractive paperback.


Kernel-based Approximation Methods Using Matlab

Kernel-based Approximation Methods Using Matlab

Author: Gregory E Fasshauer

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company

Published: 2015-07-30

Total Pages: 537

ISBN-13: 9814630152

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In an attempt to introduce application scientists and graduate students to the exciting topic of positive definite kernels and radial basis functions, this book presents modern theoretical results on kernel-based approximation methods and demonstrates their implementation in various settings. The authors explore the historical context of this fascinating topic and explain recent advances as strategies to address long-standing problems. Examples are drawn from fields as diverse as function approximation, spatial statistics, boundary value problems, machine learning, surrogate modeling and finance. Researchers from those and other fields can recreate the results within using the documented MATLAB code, also available through the online library. This combination of a strong theoretical foundation and accessible experimentation empowers readers to use positive definite kernels on their own problems of interest.


Maize Kernel Development

Maize Kernel Development

Author: Brian A Larkins

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2017-11-21

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 178639121X

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This is an authoritative book that acts as a guide to understanding maize kernel development. Written by a team of experts, it covers topics spanning pre- and post-fertilization events, embryo and endosperm development, grain filling and maturation, and factors influencing crop yield. It explores the significance of maize and other cereal grains, existing hypotheses and research, and important gaps in our knowledge and how we might fill them. This is a valuable resource for researchers of maize and other cereals, and anyone working on basic or applied science in the fields of seed development, plant genetics, and crop physiology.


Kernel Methods for Pattern Analysis

Kernel Methods for Pattern Analysis

Author: John Shawe-Taylor

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-06-28

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 1139451618

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Kernel methods provide a powerful and unified framework for pattern discovery, motivating algorithms that can act on general types of data (e.g. strings, vectors or text) and look for general types of relations (e.g. rankings, classifications, regressions, clusters). The application areas range from neural networks and pattern recognition to machine learning and data mining. This book, developed from lectures and tutorials, fulfils two major roles: firstly it provides practitioners with a large toolkit of algorithms, kernels and solutions ready to use for standard pattern discovery problems in fields such as bioinformatics, text analysis, image analysis. Secondly it provides an easy introduction for students and researchers to the growing field of kernel-based pattern analysis, demonstrating with examples how to handcraft an algorithm or a kernel for a new specific application, and covering all the necessary conceptual and mathematical tools to do so.


Data-Variant Kernel Analysis

Data-Variant Kernel Analysis

Author: Yuichi Motai

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2015-04-13

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1119019338

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Describes and discusses the variants of kernel analysismethods for data types that have been intensely studied in recentyears This book covers kernel analysis topics ranging from thefundamental theory of kernel functions to its applications. Thebook surveys the current status, popular trends, and developmentsin kernel analysis studies. The author discusses multiple kernellearning algorithms and how to choose the appropriate kernelsduring the learning phase. Data-Variant Kernel Analysis is anew pattern analysis framework for different types of dataconfigurations. The chapters include data formations of offline,distributed, online, cloud, and longitudinal data, used for kernelanalysis to classify and predict future state. Data-Variant Kernel Analysis: Surveys the kernel analysis in the traditionally developedmachine learning techniques, such as Neural Networks (NN), SupportVector Machines (SVM), and Principal Component Analysis (PCA) Develops group kernel analysis with the distributed databasesto compare speed and memory usages Explores the possibility of real-time processes by synthesizingoffline and online databases Applies the assembled databases to compare cloud computingenvironments Examines the prediction of longitudinal data withtime-sequential configurations Data-Variant Kernel Analysis is a detailed reference forgraduate students as well as electrical and computer engineersinterested in pattern analysis and its application in colon cancerdetection.


Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces in Probability and Statistics

Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces in Probability and Statistics

Author: Alain Berlinet

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2011-06-28

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1441990968

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The book covers theoretical questions including the latest extension of the formalism, and computational issues and focuses on some of the more fruitful and promising applications, including statistical signal processing, nonparametric curve estimation, random measures, limit theorems, learning theory and some applications at the fringe between Statistics and Approximation Theory. It is geared to graduate students in Statistics, Mathematics or Engineering, or to scientists with an equivalent level.