PAC learning of concept classes through the boundaries of their items

Theoretical Computer Science

Volumn 172, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 91-120

  Apolloni, B ^a   Chiaravalli, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; NEURAL NETWORKS; PROBABILITY; SET THEORY;

PROBABILITY MEASURING TECHNIQUE; PROBABLY APPROXIMATE CORRECT LEARNABILITY;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031072926     PISSN: 03043975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3975(95)00240-5     Document Type: Article

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