Variable selection: A statistical dependence perspective

Proceedings - 9th International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, ICMLA 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 931-936

  Seth, Sohan ^a   Príncipe, José C ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; MEASURES OF DEPENDENCE; MUTUAL INFORMATIONS; REAL WORLD DATA; STATISTICAL DEPENDENCE; VARIABLE SELECTION;

INFORMATION THEORY; LEARNING SYSTEMS;

REAL VARIABLES;

EID: 79952392583     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMLA.2010.148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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