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Empirical Approach—Introduction

Angelov, Plamen P. and Gu, Xiaowei (2018) Empirical Approach—Introduction. In: Empirical Approach to Machine Learning. Studies in Computational Intelligence . Springer, pp. 103-133. ISBN 978-3-030-02383-6. (doi:10.1007/978-3-030-02384-3_4) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:90106)

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Abstract

In this chapter, we will describe the fundamentals of the proposed new “empirical” approach as a systematic methodology with its nonparametric quantities derived entirely from the actual data with no subjective and/or problem-specific assumptions made. It has a potential to be a powerful extension of (and/or alternative to) the traditional probability theory, statistical learning and computational intelligence methods. The nonparametric quantities of the proposed new empirical approach include: (1) the cumulative proximity; (2) the eccentricity, and the standardized eccentricity; (3) the data density, and (4) the typicality. They can be recursively updated on a sample-by-sample basis, and they have unimodal and multimodal, discrete and continuous forms/versions. The nonparametric quantities are based on ensemble properties of the data and not limited by prior restrictive assumptions. The discrete version of the typicality resembles the unimodal probability density function, but is in a discrete form. The discrete multimodal typicality resembles the probability mass function.

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.1007/978-3-030-02384-3_4
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA 76 Software, computer programming,
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Computing
Depositing User: Amy Boaler
Date Deposited: 09 Sep 2021 13:31 UTC
Last Modified: 10 Sep 2021 10:17 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/90106 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Gu, Xiaowei.

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