Transfer learning using Kolmogorov complexity: Basic theory and empirical evaluations

Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 20 - Proceedings of the 2007 Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mahmud, M M Hassan ^a   Ray, Sylvian R ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE;

AMOUNT OF INFORMATION; BASIC THEORY; BAYESIAN; EMPIRICAL EVALUATIONS; KOLMOGOROV COMPLEXITY; SEQUENTIAL TRANSFER; TRANSFER INFORMATION; TRANSFER LEARNING; TRANSFER METHOD;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 85161958942     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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