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Springer Algorithmic Learning Theory 18Th International Conference Alt 2007 Sendai Japan October 1-4 2007 Proceedings 2007 Edition by Marcus Hutter Rocco A. Servedio Eiji Takimoto
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Algorithmic Learning Theory ALT 2007 held in Sendai Japan October 1-4 2007 co-located with the 10th International Conference on Discovery Science DS 2007. The 25 revised full papers presented together with the abstracts of five invited papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. They are dedicated to the theoretical foundations of machine learning. Table of contents : Editors' Introduction.- Editors' Introduction.- Invited Papers.- A Theory of Similarity Functions for Learning and Clustering.- Machine Learning in Ecosystem Informatics.- Challenge for Info-plosion.- A Hilbert Space Embedding for Distributions.- Simple Algorithmic Principles of Discovery Subjective Beauty Selective Attention Curiosity and Creativity.- Invited Papers.- Feasible Iteration of Feasible Learning Functionals.- Parallelism Increases Iterative Learning Power.- Prescribed Learning of R.E. Classes.- Learning in Friedberg Numberings.- Complexity Aspects of Learning.- Separating Models of Learning with Faulty Teachers.- Vapnik-Chervonenkis Dimension of Parallel Arithmetic Computations.- Parameterized Learnability of k-Juntas and Related Problems.- On Universal Transfer Learning.- Online Learning.- Tuning Bandit Algorithms in Stochastic Environments.- Following the Perturbed Leader to Gamble at Multi-armed Bandits.- Online Regression Competitive with Changing Predictors.- Unsupervised Learning.- Cluster Identification in Nearest-Neighbor Graphs.- Multiple Pass Streaming Algorithms for Learning Mixtures of Distributions in .- Language Learning.- Learning Efficiency of Very Simple Grammars from Positive Data.- Learning Rational Stochastic Tree Languages.- Query Learning.- One-Shot Learners Using Negative Counterexamples and Nearest Positive Examples.- Polynomial Time Algorithms for Learning k-Reversible Languages and Pattern Languages with Correction Queries.- Learning and Verifying Graphs Using Queries with a Focus on Edge Counting.- Exact Learning of Finite Unions of Graph Patterns from Queries.- Kernel-Based Learning.- Polynomial Summaries of Positive Semidefinite Kernels.- Learning Kernel Perceptrons on Noisy Data Using Random Projections.- Continuity of Performance Metrics for Thin Feature Maps.- Other Directions.- Multiclass Boosting Algorithms for Shrinkage Estimators of Class Probability.- Pseudometrics for State Aggregation in Average Reward Markov Decision Processes.- On Calibration Error of Randomized Forecasting Algorithms.