Prediction, learning, and games / Nicolò Cesa-Bianchi, Gábor Lugosi.

Author
Cesa-Bianchi, Nicolò, 1963- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Description
1 online resource (xii, 394 pages) : illustrations

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Summary note
The central theme here is a model of prediction using expert advice, a general framework within which many related problems can be cast and discussed, including repeated game playing, adaptive data compression, sequential investment in the stock market, and sequential pattern analysis.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-386) and indexes.
Source of description
Print version record.
Contents
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Prediction with Expert Advice; 3 Tight Bounds for Specific Losses; 4 Randomized Prediction; 5 Efficient Forecasters for Large Classes of Experts; 6 Prediction with Limited Feedback; 7 Prediction and Playing Games; 8 Absolute Loss; 9 Logarithmic Loss; 10 Sequential Investment; 11 Linear Pattern Recognition; 12 Linear Classification; Appendix; References; Author Index; Subject Index.
ISBN
  • 0511191782 ((electronic bk.))
  • 9780511191787 ((electronic bk.))
  • 9780511546921
  • 0511546920
  • 0511189958 ((electronic bk. ; : Adobe Reader))
  • 9780511189951 ((electronic bk. ; : Adobe Reader))
  • 051119059X
  • 9780511190599
  • 0511190913
  • 9780511190919
  • 0511191316 ((electronic bk.))
  • 9780511191312 ((electronic bk.))
  • 0521841089 ((hardback))
  • 9780521841085
OCLC
70056026
International Article Number
  • 9780521841085
Other standard number
  • X0-R47103
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