The problem of estimating dependences from empirical data.- Methods of expected-risk minimization.- Methods of parametric statistics for the pattern recognition problem.- Methods of parametric statistics for the problem of regression estimation.- Estimation of regression parameters.- A method of minimizing empirical risk for the problem of pattern recognition.- A method of minimizing empirical risk for the problem of regression estimation.- The method of structural minimization of risk.- Solution of ill-posed problems, interpretation of measurements using the method of structural risk minimization.- Estimation of functional values at given points.- Realism and instrumentalism: Classical statistics and the VC theory (1960-1980).- Falsifiability and parsimony: VC dimension and the number of entities (1980-2000).- Non-inductive methods of inference: Direct inference instead of generalization (2000- ...).- The big picture.
EAN/ISBN : 9780387342399
Publisher(s): Springer, Berlin, Springer, New York
Format: ePub/PDF

Author(s): Vapnik, Vladimir