CHAPTERNonparametricMethods.pptVIP

Lecture Notes for E Alpayd?n 2004 Introduction to Machine Learning ? The MIT Press (V1.1) CHAPTER 8:Nonparametric Methods Alpaydin transparencies significantly modified, extended and changed by Ch. Eick Last updated: March 4, 2011 Eick/Alpaydin: Non-Parametric Density Estimation * Non-Parametric Density Estimation Goal is to obtain a density function: /wiki/Probability_density_function Parametric (single global model), semiparametric (small number of local models) Nonparametric: Similar inputs have similar outputs Keep the training data;“let the data speak for itself” Given x, find a small