Utility-based learning from data

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Friedman, Craig (Author), Sandow, Sven (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton : Chapman & Hall/CRC , c2011
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Mathematical preliminaries
  • 3. The horse race
  • 4. Elements of utility theory
  • 5. The horse race and utility
  • 6. Select methods for measuring model performance
  • 7. A utility-based approach to information theory
  • 8. Utility-based performance measurement
  • 9. Select methods for estimating probabilistic models
  • 10. A utility-based approach to probability estimation
  • 11. Extension
  • 12. Select applications