Interval-valued regression and classification models in the framework of machine learning

ISIPTA 2011 - Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Imprecise Probability: Theories and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 371-380

  Utkin, Lev V ^a   Coolen, Frank P A ^b  

^a SAINT PETERSBURG STATE FOREST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Belief functions; Classification; Intervalvalued observations; Machine learning; P box; Regression; Risk functional; Support vector machines

Indexed keywords

BELIEF FUNCTION; CLASSIFICATION PARAMETERS; INTERVAL-VALUED; OPTIMISATION PROBLEMS; P-BOX; REGRESSION; REGRESSION AND CLASSIFICATION MODELS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE METHOD;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); LEARNING SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84867352053     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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