Active Learning Through Sequential Design, With Applications to Detection of Money Laundering

Journal of the American Statistical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 487, 2009, Pages 969-981

  Deng, Xinwei ^a   Joseph, V Roshan ^b   Sudjianto, Agus ^c   Wu, C F Jeff ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Bank of America Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian estimation; Optimal design; Pool based learning; Stochastic approximation; Threshold hyperplane

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349759970     PISSN: 01621459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1198/jasa.2009.ap07625     Document Type: Article

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