Valid generalisation from approximate interpolation

Martin Anthony, Peter Bartlett, Yuval Ishai, John Shawe-Taylor

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Abstract

Let ℋ and ℓ be sets of functions from domain X to ℝ. We say that ℋ validly generalises ℓ from approximate interpolation if and only if for each η > 0 and ε δ ∈ (0, 1) there is m0(η, ε δ) such that for any function t ∈ ℓ and any probability distribution ℘ on X, if m ≥ m0 then with ℘m-probability at least 1 - δ, a sample X = (x1, x2,...,xm) ∈ Xm satisfies ∀h ∈ ℋ ιh(xi) - t(xi)ι <η, (1 ≤ i ≤m) ⇒ ℘({x :ιh(x) - t(x)ι ≥ η}) < e. We find conditions that are necessary and sufficient for ℋ to validly generalise ℓ from approximate interpolation, and we obtain bounds on the sample length m0(η ε δ) in terms of various parameters describing the expressive power of ℋ.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)191-214
Number of pages24
JournalCombinatorics Probability and Computing
Volume5
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1996

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics

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